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Images, pictures & photos of Neolithic and prehistoric archaeological sites, prehistoric art and prehistoric artefacts. Pictures of prehistoric ring circles, dolmen burial sites, prehistoric rock art and neolithic village ruins. Prehistoric or prehistory refers to the periods and civilisations that left no written records of their existence. This means that the dating of prehistory varies in different parts of the world. For example the prehistoric iron age cultures of Orkney left no written record whilst the Hittites of the Near East who lived at the same time did. The Enlightenment of the early 19the century began the idea of prehistory as a way of separating early primitive man from what they saw as the great civilisations and therefore sophisticated cultures of antiquity, such as the Egyptians and Greeks. This led to prehistory being largely ignored by the Enlightenment and it was not until the 1970’s, when radiocarbon dating opened the door to British prehistory, that the prehistoric civilisations of the British Isles have been seriously. New archaeological technique have led to the beginning of an understanding of the incredible achievements of prehistoric man. Neolithic means new stone age and refers to the period before metal tools and weapons were invented. During this period people started to settle and make farming and fishing settlements. Around 9500 BC the Sumarians in Mesopotamia started the first known agricultural civilisations. By 3000 BC settled communities were spread right across the world. Once people stopped being nomadic hunter gathers they started creating civilisations with cultural activities. Monumental building started with great sites like Stonehenge and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The cultures of the Near East quickly created stable systems that used writing in their administrations. This meant that the mysteries of these civilisations became unlocked once their language on their clay tablets and artworks were understood.The civilisations of northern Europe did not develop writing so still remain a mystery today. They left us though great monumental archaeological remains and the study of these and new finds are opening the door on the Neolithic past of northern Europe.Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:25:05 -0500http://www.photoshelter.com/img/ps-logo.gifPrehistoric & Neolithic Sites, Art & Artefacts | Pictures & Photoshttp://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Images-of-Prehistoric-Neolithic-Sites-Pictures-Photos/C0000tfxw63zrUT4
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Stone-Circles-Pictures-Images/G00000c5eXH6Jz90/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Prehistoric Stone Circles - Pictures & ImagesTue, 30 Jan 2018 11:19:58 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mXx2EX2lWvs/s/500/I0000mXx2EX2lWvs.jpg750750Prehistoric-Stone-Circles-2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Stone-Circles-Pictures-Images/G00000c5eXH6Jz90/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mXx2EX2lWvs/s/500/I0000mXx2EX2lWvs.jpg" alt="Pictures of prehistoric stone circles and henges of the Neolithic period. The study of prehistory and its peoples has until recently been based on guesswork more than science. After the advent of radio carbon dating in the 1950s the age of prehistoric sites were revealed to be far older than archaeologists could ever have imagined. <br />
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One of the most powerful images of prehistoric peoples are the great stone circles of northern Europe, the most famous of which is Stonehenge. Two types of neolithic stone circles are known, those with a henge, a ditch that runs around the outside of the stone circle, and those without a henge.<br />
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It is most likely that neolithic stone circles were places where ceremonies or rituals took place as there is no evidence to date that people ever lived in them. The layout of stone circles as also inexplicable as some have lines of stones leading to them and some, like Avebury, have smaller stone circles within a larger outer stone circle.<br />
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The size of the building of the great stone circle neolithic monumental complexes is often underestimated and the skill and organisation required to complete these stone rings required far greater skills and levels of organisation accredited to them until recently.<br />
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The little village of Avebury in southern England sits in the middle of a vast monumental complex that spreads for miles. Around the village is a deep henge with high banks that would have hidden the inner stone circle from outside view. The stone circle and henge is so big that it completely encircles the present day village. The building of such a vast monument is remarkable in itself but from Avebury a corridor of stones runs for several miles to a man made hill then on to a long burial chamber.<br />
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The stone circle at Avebury is associated with the most iconic stone circle in the world known as Stonehenge. This stone circle has captured the imagination of people for millennia. It is the only stone circle that has upright stones capped with cross stones linking them together to form a ring.<br />
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Another great centre of Neolithic monumental stone ring building can be found on the islands of Scotland. Huge stone rings can be found on the islands of Lewis and Orkney.<br />
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Whatever purpose the Neolithic stone circles performed suddenly ended around 3200 BC and their construction ceased. It has been suggested that the changes in the climate during this period meant that Neolithic peoples had to leave settled farming villages near the henges as crops failed and move south.<br />
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Stone circles are some of the most enigmatic archaeology in the world exciting the imagination. Stone rings are a visual link back to a period of mans history that is slowly being revealed thanks to scientific progress in archaeology.<br />
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<br />Pictures of prehistoric stone circles and henges of the Neolithic period. The study of prehistory and its peoples has until recently been based on guesswork more than science. After the advent of radio carbon dating in the 1950s the age of prehistoric sites were revealed to be far older than archaeologists could ever have imagined. <br />
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One of the most powerful images of prehistoric peoples are the great stone circles of northern Europe, the most famous of which is Stonehenge. Two types of neolithic stone circles are known, those with a henge, a ditch that runs around the outside of the stone circle, and those without a henge.<br />
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It is most likely that neolithic stone circles were places where ceremonies or rituals took place as there is no evidence to date that people ever lived in them. The layout of stone circles as also inexplicable as some have lines of stones leading to them and some, like Avebury, have smaller stone circles within a larger outer stone circle.<br />
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The size of the building of the great stone circle neolithic monumental complexes is often underestimated and the skill and organisation required to complete these stone rings required far greater skills and levels of organisation accredited to them until recently.<br />
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The little village of Avebury in southern England sits in the middle of a vast monumental complex that spreads for miles. Around the village is a deep henge with high banks that would have hidden the inner stone circle from outside view. The stone circle and henge is so big that it completely encircles the present day village. The building of such a vast monument is remarkable in itself but from Avebury a corridor of stones runs for several miles to a man made hill then on to a long burial chamber.<br />
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The stone circle at Avebury is associated with the most iconic stone circle in the world known as Stonehenge. This stone circle has captured the imagination of people for millennia. It is the only stone circle that has upright stones capped with cross stones linking them together to form a ring.<br />
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Another great centre of Neolithic monumental stone ring building can be found on the islands of Scotland. Huge stone rings can be found on the islands of Lewis and Orkney.<br />
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Whatever purpose the Neolithic stone circles performed suddenly ended around 3200 BC and their construction ceased. It has been suggested that the changes in the climate during this period meant that Neolithic peoples had to leave settled farming villages near the henges as crops failed and move south.<br />
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Stone circles are some of the most enigmatic archaeology in the world exciting the imagination. Stone rings are a visual link back to a period of mans history that is slowly being revealed thanks to scientific progress in archaeology.<br />
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Pictures of Neolithic stone ring circles to download on line as stock photos or buy as photo art prints on ine.
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Burial-Chambers-Pictures-Images/G0000_Scrh4J51Bk/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Prehistoric Burial Chambers - Pictures & ImagesWed, 31 Jan 2018 08:07:14 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hpP5n90dUhA/s/500/I0000hpP5n90dUhA.jpg750750Prehistoric-Dolmen-2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Burial-Chambers-Pictures-Images/G0000_Scrh4J51Bk/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hpP5n90dUhA/s/500/I0000hpP5n90dUhA.jpg" alt="Pictures of Neolithic burial chambers including dolmen or quoits that are single chamber burial chambers. <br />
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The burial of the dead was an important ritual to prehistoric people and burial tombs have been identified in Western Europe dating back to around 5000 BC. One of the commonest type of single chamber megalith tomb is known as a dolmen or in the British Isles is known as a quoit . Dolmen consist of upright stones capped by a large stone. Dolmen can be found built in the same way as far apart as in the British Isles and India. The standing stones look odd today and seem to have no purpose, but that make sense when viewed as the central chamber of an earth burial mound. Over the millennia the earth has been washed away to leave the dolmen standing stones. It has been assumed that dolmen were burial chambers but the lack of human remains in them suggests that they may have had a slightly more macabre use. It is becoming evident that neolithic people worshipped or at least venerated their ancestors. As was the common practise of American Indians, it seems that bodies would be left to decay in the open or possibly in dolmen, then the bones would be collected and kept by the relations of the deceased. <br />
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In the British isles dolmen are known as quoits because to explain the existence of such large megalithic stone constructions, the myth grew that the dolmen were the result of giants playing the game of quoits, which requires the player to through rings over upright stakes, in this case the giants threw giant rocks on top of upright stones. <br />
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<br />Pictures of Neolithic burial chambers including dolmen or quoits that are single chamber burial chambers. <br />
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The burial of the dead was an important ritual to prehistoric people and burial tombs have been identified in Western Europe dating back to around 5000 BC. One of the commonest type of single chamber megalith tomb is known as a dolmen or in the British Isles is known as a quoit . Dolmen consist of upright stones capped by a large stone. Dolmen can be found built in the same way as far apart as in the British Isles and India. The standing stones look odd today and seem to have no purpose, but that make sense when viewed as the central chamber of an earth burial mound. Over the millennia the earth has been washed away to leave the dolmen standing stones. It has been assumed that dolmen were burial chambers but the lack of human remains in them suggests that they may have had a slightly more macabre use. It is becoming evident that neolithic people worshipped or at least venerated their ancestors. As was the common practise of American Indians, it seems that bodies would be left to decay in the open or possibly in dolmen, then the bones would be collected and kept by the relations of the deceased. <br />
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In the British isles dolmen are known as quoits because to explain the existence of such large megalithic stone constructions, the myth grew that the dolmen were the result of giants playing the game of quoits, which requires the player to through rings over upright stakes, in this case the giants threw giant rocks on top of upright stones. <br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Villages-Ruins-Pictures-Images/G0000igr9lJtSc3c/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Prehistoric Villages & Ruins - Pictures & ImagesWed, 31 Jan 2018 08:07:39 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Kzu45EpzEUs/s/500/I0000Kzu45EpzEUs.jpg750750Prehistoric-Villages-2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Villages-Ruins-Pictures-Images/G0000igr9lJtSc3c/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Kzu45EpzEUs/s/500/I0000Kzu45EpzEUs.jpg" alt="Pictures of neolithic and prehistoric villages and houses. We can get a real sense of our connection with our prehistoric ancestors through the archaeology of prehistoric villages. The most complete Neolithic village ruins in Europe is Skara Brae on the Isle of Orkney. Dating back to around 3180 BC the houses of Skara Brae were constructed of circular stone build built walls topped by a wood pitched roof that was covered with turf. A central fire burnt below a central hole in the roof. A group of houses were build next to each other connected by small alleys. Each house had bed chambers with stone walls, stone troughs that were though to hold water or bait to be used for fishing and a pice of stone furniture resembled a sideboard on which was found valued items. Each house was a bedsit built around a central fire for cooking and heating. The basic layout of these Neolithic houses can still be seen in the black houses of the Isles of Lewis in Scotland that were inhabited up until the 1960s. <br />
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The Prehistoric Brochs, fortified villages, of Scotland also give us a very visual link to our past. Brochs had a central round stone tower occupied by the chief of the clan and his family surrounded by smaller dwellings, the whole village being enclosed by defensive walls and ditches. This idea can be seen in the way the Normans built their castles with a keep at its centre for the lord to live in. <br />
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The discovery of prehistoric villages and the use of new scientific techniques is revealing that man has lived in a similar manner for thousands of years and that there is a strong connection between modern and prehistoric man.<br />
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<br />Pictures of neolithic and prehistoric villages and houses. We can get a real sense of our connection with our prehistoric ancestors through the archaeology of prehistoric villages. The most complete Neolithic village ruins in Europe is Skara Brae on the Isle of Orkney. Dating back to around 3180 BC the houses of Skara Brae were constructed of circular stone build built walls topped by a wood pitched roof that was covered with turf. A central fire burnt below a central hole in the roof. A group of houses were build next to each other connected by small alleys. Each house had bed chambers with stone walls, stone troughs that were though to hold water or bait to be used for fishing and a pice of stone furniture resembled a sideboard on which was found valued items. Each house was a bedsit built around a central fire for cooking and heating. The basic layout of these Neolithic houses can still be seen in the black houses of the Isles of Lewis in Scotland that were inhabited up until the 1960s. <br />
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The Prehistoric Brochs, fortified villages, of Scotland also give us a very visual link to our past. Brochs had a central round stone tower occupied by the chief of the clan and his family surrounded by smaller dwellings, the whole village being enclosed by defensive walls and ditches. This idea can be seen in the way the Normans built their castles with a keep at its centre for the lord to live in. <br />
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The discovery of prehistoric villages and the use of new scientific techniques is revealing that man has lived in a similar manner for thousands of years and that there is a strong connection between modern and prehistoric man.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Rock-Art-Pictures-Images/G0000wuS5Ob0grZ8/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Prehistoric Rock Art - Pictures & ImagesWed, 14 Dec 2016 15:19:40 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YtbLGpkgCHQ/s/500/I0000YtbLGpkgCHQ.jpg750750Prehistoric-Rock-Art 2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Rock-Art-Pictures-Images/G0000wuS5Ob0grZ8/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YtbLGpkgCHQ/s/500/I0000YtbLGpkgCHQ.jpg" alt="Pictures of Neolithic and prehistoric rock art pictoglyphs. One of the most intimate connection with our ancient prehistoric ancestors is the rock art they made. It seems that man has evolved with the ability to communicate and beatify places of importance with pictorial representations. Prehistoric and Neolithic rock art varies from geometric decorative designs through to representations of animals and pictographs that tell a story.<br />
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The rock art pictoglyphs of the Val Comenica in northern Italy cover a vast area , many still being discovered in its deep forested steep valley sides. At their most complex the rock art of Val Comenica are maps of the surrounding area with houses, field systems and animals. These could have been some proof of rights of ownership by the peoples that lived there and the depiction of warriors with weapons indicate that they had to fight to retain their lands. <br />
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A common theme for rock art is that of men hunting animals. The depiction of prey animals has long been interpreted as the focal point of some sort of ritual that would bring good luck to prehistoric hunters. This theory is supported by the discovery of prehistoric rock art on the wall of dark caves that would have needed artificial light to view them. These could also have been made by families living deep in the caves during cold periods by the light of fires. <br />
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Geometric designs on rocks demonstrate a more creative side that Neolithic man had developed and the complexity of the geometric shapes indicates the sophistication of prehistoric mans understanding of geometry. <br />
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Neolithic man seems to have used rock art as both boundary markers and also to mark paths to quarries or sacred places. This would have enabled prehistoric people to travel to places to trade partake in ceremonies and find their way back home. <br />
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I nothing else rock art demonstrates that prehistoric people had the same creative urges that we do today and give us a strong visual connection with our ancestors.<br />
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<br />Pictures of Neolithic and prehistoric rock art pictoglyphs. One of the most intimate connection with our ancient prehistoric ancestors is the rock art they made. It seems that man has evolved with the ability to communicate and beatify places of importance with pictorial representations. Prehistoric and Neolithic rock art varies from geometric decorative designs through to representations of animals and pictographs that tell a story.<br />
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The rock art pictoglyphs of the Val Comenica in northern Italy cover a vast area , many still being discovered in its deep forested steep valley sides. At their most complex the rock art of Val Comenica are maps of the surrounding area with houses, field systems and animals. These could have been some proof of rights of ownership by the peoples that lived there and the depiction of warriors with weapons indicate that they had to fight to retain their lands. <br />
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A common theme for rock art is that of men hunting animals. The depiction of prey animals has long been interpreted as the focal point of some sort of ritual that would bring good luck to prehistoric hunters. This theory is supported by the discovery of prehistoric rock art on the wall of dark caves that would have needed artificial light to view them. These could also have been made by families living deep in the caves during cold periods by the light of fires. <br />
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Geometric designs on rocks demonstrate a more creative side that Neolithic man had developed and the complexity of the geometric shapes indicates the sophistication of prehistoric mans understanding of geometry. <br />
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Neolithic man seems to have used rock art as both boundary markers and also to mark paths to quarries or sacred places. This would have enabled prehistoric people to travel to places to trade partake in ceremonies and find their way back home. <br />
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I nothing else rock art demonstrates that prehistoric people had the same creative urges that we do today and give us a strong visual connection with our ancestors.<br />
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Download pictures of Neolithic and prehistoric rock art pictoglyphs as stock photos or buy as photo art prints on line
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Archaeological-Sites-Index/G0000wGaQDXNFgzQ/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Archaeological Sites IndexWed, 23 Nov 2016 15:25:00 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007NqrfhyvwSU/s/500/I00007NqrfhyvwSU.jpg750750Archaeology-Sites-2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Archaeological-Sites-Index/G0000wGaQDXNFgzQ/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007NqrfhyvwSU/s/500/I00007NqrfhyvwSU.jpg" alt="" /></a>
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Nuraghe-Arrubiu-Nuragic-Complex-Sardinia-Images-Pictures/G0000aPUkPHeWEME/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/
Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Nuraghe-Arrubiu-Nuragic-Complex-Sardinia-Images-Pictures/G0000aPUkPHeWEME/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Nuraghe Arrubiu Nuragic Complex, Sardinia - Images & Pictures -Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:22:36 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ppoec1.EKnY/s/500/I0000ppoec1.EKnY.jpg500500Nuraghe-Arrubiu-Nuragic-Complex.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Nuraghe-Arrubiu-Nuragic-Complex-Sardinia-Images-Pictures/G0000aPUkPHeWEME/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ppoec1.EKnY/s/500/I0000ppoec1.EKnY.jpg" alt="Pictures and images of Nuraghe Arrubiu Nuragic complex, Orroli, Sardinia.<br />
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Nuraghe Arrubiu Nuragic complex is one of the largest in Sardinia. Built between 13th and 9th centuries BC it is one of the most important megalithic monuments of the Mediterranean. Nuraghe Arrubiu is the only pentalobed nuraghe so far excavated. Situated on a trachytic plateau overlooking the villages of Nurri and Orroli, it got is name of Nuraghe Arrubiu ( Red Nuraghe) because of the red lichen that grows on its massive basalt blocks. <br />
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The main nuraghe tower dates from the 13th century BC and was probably at least 27 m high. It still has ground and first floor chambers with ogive tholos roofs in tact. The central tower at Arrubiu is surrounded by a 5 towered bastion giving it its pentalobed shape. Outside this is a further wall with 7 towers that makes up an internal walled compound. Stone benches and the remains of a fireplace, stone basin and earthenware crockery in the yard suggest that it may have been a communal eating area. Beyond this wall are the remains of a third outer wall which had another 5 defensive towers. This made Nuraghe Arrubiu a formidable and probably impregnable defensive structure of great size covering an area of 5000 square meters.<br />
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Outside the walls of Nuraghe Arrubiu are the remains of the circular huts of a Nuragic village. The site was abandoned in about the 9th century BC, possibly after an earthquake, and re-occupied from the 2nd century BC by the Romans who turned the ruins of the Nuragic village into a wine press and storage rooms.<br />
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<br />Pictures and images of Nuraghe Arrubiu Nuragic complex, Orroli, Sardinia.<br />
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Nuraghe Arrubiu Nuragic complex is one of the largest in Sardinia. Built between 13th and 9th centuries BC it is one of the most important megalithic monuments of the Mediterranean. Nuraghe Arrubiu is the only pentalobed nuraghe so far excavated. Situated on a trachytic plateau overlooking the villages of Nurri and Orroli, it got is name of Nuraghe Arrubiu ( Red Nuraghe) because of the red lichen that grows on its massive basalt blocks. <br />
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The main nuraghe tower dates from the 13th century BC and was probably at least 27 m high. It still has ground and first floor chambers with ogive tholos roofs in tact. The central tower at Arrubiu is surrounded by a 5 towered bastion giving it its pentalobed shape. Outside this is a further wall with 7 towers that makes up an internal walled compound. Stone benches and the remains of a fireplace, stone basin and earthenware crockery in the yard suggest that it may have been a communal eating area. Beyond this wall are the remains of a third outer wall which had another 5 defensive towers. This made Nuraghe Arrubiu a formidable and probably impregnable defensive structure of great size covering an area of 5000 square meters.<br />
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Outside the walls of Nuraghe Arrubiu are the remains of the circular huts of a Nuragic village. The site was abandoned in about the 9th century BC, possibly after an earthquake, and re-occupied from the 2nd century BC by the Romans who turned the ruins of the Nuragic village into a wine press and storage rooms.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Avebury-Stone-Circle-Site-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000Yp.9PnVFads/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Avebury Stone Circle Site Images, Pictures & PhotosWed, 14 Dec 2016 15:25:47 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fG5hy1nOzoo/s/500/I0000fG5hy1nOzoo.jpg500500Avebury-Stone-Circle.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Avebury-Stone-Circle-Site-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000Yp.9PnVFads/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fG5hy1nOzoo/s/500/I0000fG5hy1nOzoo.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of Avebury Neolithic henge and stone circle, England<br />
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Avebury is a huge Neolithic henge monument that surrounds the present day village of Avebury. A henge is a circular ditch and bank and at Avebury the ditch and bank are a formidable 21 metres (69&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) wide and 11 metres (36&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) deep and date from about 3300&acirc;2630 BC. Inside this henge are 3 stone circles the outer of which, dating from around 2900 BC, has a massive diameter of 331.6 metres (1,088&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) with stones that vary from 3.6 to 4.2 m high. From this henge runs the West Kennet Avenue which is an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5&Acirc;&nbsp;km in length. This leads to Silbury hill which is a man made neolithic monument 40 metres (131&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) high[4] and covers about 5 acres (2&Acirc;&nbsp;ha) which took an estimated took 18&Acirc;&nbsp;million man-hours, or 500 men working for 15&Acirc;&nbsp;years, to build. It is the same height as some of the smaller Egyptian pyramids. <br />
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Avebury is an incredible site and the amount of effort which went into its construction points to a well ordered sophisticated civilisation that could work together on these monumental projects. This added to the complex of monumental monuments around Stonehenge, which is only 20 miles ( 32KM) away,and the two sites point to a neolithic people that had a complex belief system that sadly has been lost to the historical record.<br />
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The stones at Avebury are not dressed and seem to have been chosen for their shape. Theories abound about their morphology and some academics have suggested that different stone sizes and shapes represent men and women. <br />
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Theories about the uses of all of the Neolithic sites of Britain are constantly evolving as new archaeological methods allow a deeper insight into how they were constructed. New finds at Stonehenge and Orkney are opening up the neolithic archaeological record and seem to be pointing towards the importance of ancestor worship for these neolithic people. It has been suggested that Avebury was used for ancestor worship on a monumental scale. <br />
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The alignment of the sites also seem to point to stars like Deneb as well as sun alignments. Sadly we never actually know how the sites were used but the vast scale they were built on tells us that 5000 years ago Neolithic peoples were more sophisticated than they were once given credit for.<br />
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For details on Avebury visitors centre and musuem visit: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury/<br />
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For English Heritage Avebury info: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/avebury/<br />
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To read More about Avebury : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of Avebury Neolithic henge and stone circle, England<br />
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Avebury is a huge Neolithic henge monument that surrounds the present day village of Avebury. A henge is a circular ditch and bank and at Avebury the ditch and bank are a formidable 21 metres (69&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) wide and 11 metres (36&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) deep and date from about 3300&acirc;2630 BC. Inside this henge are 3 stone circles the outer of which, dating from around 2900 BC, has a massive diameter of 331.6 metres (1,088&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) with stones that vary from 3.6 to 4.2 m high. From this henge runs the West Kennet Avenue which is an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5&Acirc;&nbsp;km in length. This leads to Silbury hill which is a man made neolithic monument 40 metres (131&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) high[4] and covers about 5 acres (2&Acirc;&nbsp;ha) which took an estimated took 18&Acirc;&nbsp;million man-hours, or 500 men working for 15&Acirc;&nbsp;years, to build. It is the same height as some of the smaller Egyptian pyramids. <br />
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Avebury is an incredible site and the amount of effort which went into its construction points to a well ordered sophisticated civilisation that could work together on these monumental projects. This added to the complex of monumental monuments around Stonehenge, which is only 20 miles ( 32KM) away,and the two sites point to a neolithic people that had a complex belief system that sadly has been lost to the historical record.<br />
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The stones at Avebury are not dressed and seem to have been chosen for their shape. Theories abound about their morphology and some academics have suggested that different stone sizes and shapes represent men and women. <br />
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Theories about the uses of all of the Neolithic sites of Britain are constantly evolving as new archaeological methods allow a deeper insight into how they were constructed. New finds at Stonehenge and Orkney are opening up the neolithic archaeological record and seem to be pointing towards the importance of ancestor worship for these neolithic people. It has been suggested that Avebury was used for ancestor worship on a monumental scale. <br />
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The alignment of the sites also seem to point to stars like Deneb as well as sun alignments. Sadly we never actually know how the sites were used but the vast scale they were built on tells us that 5000 years ago Neolithic peoples were more sophisticated than they were once given credit for.<br />
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For details on Avebury visitors centre and musuem visit: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury/<br />
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For English Heritage Avebury info: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/avebury/<br />
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To read More about Avebury : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Barn-house-Neolithic-Village-Orkney-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000YoMUH2SLL20/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Barn house Neolithic Village - Orkney - Pictures Images PhotosWed, 31 Jan 2018 05:05:58 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000099Xcu6FCxr0/s/500/I000099Xcu6FCxr0.jpg500500Barnhouse-Settlement.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Barn-house-Neolithic-Village-Orkney-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000YoMUH2SLL20/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000099Xcu6FCxr0/s/500/I000099Xcu6FCxr0.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; images of the ruins of the neolithic Barnhouse settlement on the Isle of Orkney, Scotland.<br />
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Close to the standing stones of Stenness and Brodgar on the banks of Loch Harray is a neolithic village known today as the Barnhouse settlement. Dating from around 2600BC the settlement has at its centre what appears to have been a central hall about 7 meters square. Like Maeshowe, the hall of Barnhouse is built in a base of yellow clay. To enter the building people had to pass along a 3 meter long corridor which suggests that the building had some sort of ritual purpose. This idea is strengthened by the close approximation of the Standing Stones of Stenness and Brodgar. <br />
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The bases of 15 houses have been excavated at Barnhouse which are similar in ground plan to those at Skara Brae. They consisted of round stone walls with timber and turf roofs and were accessed through small doorways. Unlike Skara brae the doorways at Barnhouse were not connected by covered passage ways but trying to connect the 2 neolithic village styles is pointless as the Barnhouse settlement was abandoned 450 years before Skara Brae was built. <br />
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There is evidence that each of the buildings at Barnhouse was demolished deliberately at some point either as part of an attack on them or as part of a ritual practise of the time.<br />
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As with all the Neolithic archaeological sites on Orkney, the purpose of Barnhouse is the subject of much academic debate. The ritualistic features at Barnhouse have developed the idea that the site was the dwelling place of priests and some of the houses were in fact chambered cairns used as tombs. The close proximity of the standing stones seems to suggest that maybe Barnhouse was a ritualistic centre and this may explain why it was dismantled, maybe when ritualistic practices changed.<br />
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<br />Pictures &amp; images of the ruins of the neolithic Barnhouse settlement on the Isle of Orkney, Scotland.<br />
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Close to the standing stones of Stenness and Brodgar on the banks of Loch Harray is a neolithic village known today as the Barnhouse settlement. Dating from around 2600BC the settlement has at its centre what appears to have been a central hall about 7 meters square. Like Maeshowe, the hall of Barnhouse is built in a base of yellow clay. To enter the building people had to pass along a 3 meter long corridor which suggests that the building had some sort of ritual purpose. This idea is strengthened by the close approximation of the Standing Stones of Stenness and Brodgar. <br />
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The bases of 15 houses have been excavated at Barnhouse which are similar in ground plan to those at Skara Brae. They consisted of round stone walls with timber and turf roofs and were accessed through small doorways. Unlike Skara brae the doorways at Barnhouse were not connected by covered passage ways but trying to connect the 2 neolithic village styles is pointless as the Barnhouse settlement was abandoned 450 years before Skara Brae was built. <br />
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There is evidence that each of the buildings at Barnhouse was demolished deliberately at some point either as part of an attack on them or as part of a ritual practise of the time.<br />
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As with all the Neolithic archaeological sites on Orkney, the purpose of Barnhouse is the subject of much academic debate. The ritualistic features at Barnhouse have developed the idea that the site was the dwelling place of priests and some of the houses were in fact chambered cairns used as tombs. The close proximity of the standing stones seems to suggest that maybe Barnhouse was a ritualistic centre and this may explain why it was dismantled, maybe when ritualistic practices changed.<br />
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The Biru &acirc;e Concas archaeological site contains one of the Mediterranean largest collection of menhir standing stones. There are about 200 menhir standing stones at Biru &acirc;e Concas dating back to the period between the Late Neolithic (3300-2700 BC) and the Eneolithic (2700-1700) . The stone monoliths are spread out over Biru &acirc;e Concas as single stones and in lines and circles. <br />
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Most of the stones are porto-anthropomorphic having been chosen and shaped to represent the human form. Some of the stones are anthropomorphic having been finely shaped into statue Menhirs with traces of daggers sculpted on them. <br />
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Biru &acirc;e Concas seems to have been a place where rituals were carried out. Archaeologists have discovered residential and tomb structures of the same period and a corridor-like nuraghe with a tholos covering chamber at the site. Speculation that the standing stone Menhirs at Biru &acirc;e Concas represented the ancestors or great warriors have been put forward but its true purpose will never be known.<br />
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<br />Pictures and images of the prehistoric menhir standing stones of Biru &acirc;e Concas, Sorgono, Sardinia.<br />
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The Biru &acirc;e Concas archaeological site contains one of the Mediterranean largest collection of menhir standing stones. There are about 200 menhir standing stones at Biru &acirc;e Concas dating back to the period between the Late Neolithic (3300-2700 BC) and the Eneolithic (2700-1700) . The stone monoliths are spread out over Biru &acirc;e Concas as single stones and in lines and circles. <br />
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Most of the stones are porto-anthropomorphic having been chosen and shaped to represent the human form. Some of the stones are anthropomorphic having been finely shaped into statue Menhirs with traces of daggers sculpted on them. <br />
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Biru &acirc;e Concas seems to have been a place where rituals were carried out. Archaeologists have discovered residential and tomb structures of the same period and a corridor-like nuraghe with a tholos covering chamber at the site. Speculation that the standing stone Menhirs at Biru &acirc;e Concas represented the ancestors or great warriors have been put forward but its true purpose will never be known.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Broch-of-Gurness-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000xyeXFTpTbP4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Broch of Gurness Orkney Images, Pictures & PhotosWed, 29 Mar 2017 04:27:33 -0400https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xIQDfnMQ1uU/s/500/I0000xIQDfnMQ1uU.jpg500500Broch-Of-Gurness-Orkney.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Broch-of-Gurness-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000xyeXFTpTbP4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xIQDfnMQ1uU/s/500/I0000xIQDfnMQ1uU.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of the Broch of Gurness iron age settlement, Orkney, Scotland. <br />
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The Broch of Gurness is a rare example of a well preserved iron age Broch village. Dating from 500 to 200BC the central round tower probably reached 10 meters (30ft). This was surrounded by thatched roofed houses. The settlement was surrounded by walls and two deep ditches. Gurness was probably the most important settlement on Orkney 2000 years ago.<br />
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The centre of the Broch is about 45 meters in diameter. The central round tower had double skinned dry stone walls and two storeys inside. This would have been occupied by the clan leader and his family. The roof of the tower would have been thatched and has a walkway around it. There were 2 hearths in the brooch and an underground stone cistern for fresh water. A set of steps lead down into the cistern and it is believed that these may have allowed the occupants access to the subterranean cistern for religious reasons pertaining to an iron age cult of the underworld. <br />
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Surrounding the central tower of the Broch were thatched dwellings which were surrounded by a fortified wall. This type of Broch village is unique to the Isles of Orkney and the Broch of Gurness is the best preserved in Scotland.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of the Broch of Gurness iron age settlement, Orkney, Scotland. <br />
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The Broch of Gurness is a rare example of a well preserved iron age Broch village. Dating from 500 to 200BC the central round tower probably reached 10 meters (30ft). This was surrounded by thatched roofed houses. The settlement was surrounded by walls and two deep ditches. Gurness was probably the most important settlement on Orkney 2000 years ago.<br />
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The centre of the Broch is about 45 meters in diameter. The central round tower had double skinned dry stone walls and two storeys inside. This would have been occupied by the clan leader and his family. The roof of the tower would have been thatched and has a walkway around it. There were 2 hearths in the brooch and an underground stone cistern for fresh water. A set of steps lead down into the cistern and it is believed that these may have allowed the occupants access to the subterranean cistern for religious reasons pertaining to an iron age cult of the underworld. <br />
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Surrounding the central tower of the Broch were thatched dwellings which were surrounded by a fortified wall. This type of Broch village is unique to the Isles of Orkney and the Broch of Gurness is the best preserved in Scotland.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Calanais-Neolithic-Standing-Stones-Lewis-Pictures-Images/G00006T6dLbolYAY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Calanais Neolithic Standing Stones Lewis - Pictures & Images -Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:01:37 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mU8MGyXHZQ0/s/500/I0000mU8MGyXHZQ0.jpg500500Calanais-Stone-Circle-Lewis.psd<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Calanais-Neolithic-Standing-Stones-Lewis-Pictures-Images/G00006T6dLbolYAY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mU8MGyXHZQ0/s/500/I0000mU8MGyXHZQ0.jpg" alt="Calanais Neolithic Standing Stone (Tursachan Chalanais) , Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Situated on a hill overlooking Loch Roag and the Great Bernera hills, the Calanais stones are an impressive site and a testament to the determination and ingenuity of the Neolithic peoples that inhabited this area 4000 years ago.<br />
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Archaeology has shown that the site at Calanais (Chalanais) has been occupied since around 3,500BC when the land was cultivated by Neolithic farmers. Between 2900-2600BC a ring of stones 11 metres wide was erected. At the centre of the ring stands a huge monolith stone 4.8 metres high weighing about 7 tonnes, which is perfectly orientated so that its widest sides face due north south.<br />
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Around 2600BC a small burial chamber, 6.4 metres long had been erected inside the Calanais stone circle and by 2000BC this had been encased in a stone cairn within which cremated bones and votive pottery was placed. By this date the standing stone monument also had two stone avenues and 3 stone rows radiating from the central circle. The northern avenue is 83 metres long with 19 stones set 7 metres apart, the largest to which stands 3.5 metres high. <br />
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It can never be known exactly what the Calanais Stones were used for apart from the fact that it was used as a Neolithic burial ground. Other Neolithic smaller standing stone monuments are situated close to Calanais and can be found all over Scotland. The size of the Calanais Stones and the investment of time it would have taken to erect them means that they had great importance to Neolithic community of Lewis. The orientation of the stones make it seem likely that the Calanais Stones played a part in some sort of ritual that revolved around the seasons, in particular the midwinter sunrise and sunset. The introduction of a later burial chamber which is squashed into the centre circle seems to be part of later rituals that probably revolved around ancestor worship.<br />
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The fact that the purpose of the Calanais Standing Stone is not known only add to their mystique making them the most important historical monument on the Isle of Lewis.<br />
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<br />Calanais Neolithic Standing Stone (Tursachan Chalanais) , Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Situated on a hill overlooking Loch Roag and the Great Bernera hills, the Calanais stones are an impressive site and a testament to the determination and ingenuity of the Neolithic peoples that inhabited this area 4000 years ago.<br />
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Archaeology has shown that the site at Calanais (Chalanais) has been occupied since around 3,500BC when the land was cultivated by Neolithic farmers. Between 2900-2600BC a ring of stones 11 metres wide was erected. At the centre of the ring stands a huge monolith stone 4.8 metres high weighing about 7 tonnes, which is perfectly orientated so that its widest sides face due north south.<br />
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Around 2600BC a small burial chamber, 6.4 metres long had been erected inside the Calanais stone circle and by 2000BC this had been encased in a stone cairn within which cremated bones and votive pottery was placed. By this date the standing stone monument also had two stone avenues and 3 stone rows radiating from the central circle. The northern avenue is 83 metres long with 19 stones set 7 metres apart, the largest to which stands 3.5 metres high. <br />
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It can never be known exactly what the Calanais Stones were used for apart from the fact that it was used as a Neolithic burial ground. Other Neolithic smaller standing stone monuments are situated close to Calanais and can be found all over Scotland. The size of the Calanais Stones and the investment of time it would have taken to erect them means that they had great importance to Neolithic community of Lewis. The orientation of the stones make it seem likely that the Calanais Stones played a part in some sort of ritual that revolved around the seasons, in particular the midwinter sunrise and sunset. The introduction of a later burial chamber which is squashed into the centre circle seems to be part of later rituals that probably revolved around ancestor worship.<br />
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The fact that the purpose of the Calanais Standing Stone is not known only add to their mystique making them the most important historical monument on the Isle of Lewis.<br />
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<br />Pictures of Dun Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Brochs are among Scotland&#039;s most impressive prehistoric buildings and were the precursors of the Medieval Scottish Tower Houses. The world Broch is derived from lowland scots who called forts Brough from the old Norse Borg.
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Carreg Coetan Arthur is a pretty little quoit on the edge of a small estate of bungalows on the outskirts of Newport, North Pembrokeshire. Quoits are also known as dolmen, portal tombs or portal graves. They were built by Neolithic Britains and would have originally been at the centre of an earth burial mound. The huge stone capstones would have been put onto of the stone orthostats by dragging then up the earthworks that made up they burial mound then over the stone orthoststs that made up the walls of the burial chamber. Over the las 4000 years the earth has been washed away to leave Carreg Coetan Quoit as we see it today. <br />
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Quoits was a popular game throughout the ages which con sited of throwing metal rings over a pin. Mythology had it that giants once lived in Great Britain who ere big enough to raise the great stones of monuments like Stonehenge. These giants also liked to play quoits and legend has it that stone monuments, like Carreg Coetan Arhur , were the aftermath of a game of quoits, the big capstone being thrown by giants onto the standing stones.<br />
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<br />Images.pictures &amp; images of Carreg Coetan Arthur, a megalithic burial dolmen from the Neolithic period, circa 3000 BC, near Newport, North Pembrokeshire, Wales.<br />
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Carreg Coetan Arthur is a pretty little quoit on the edge of a small estate of bungalows on the outskirts of Newport, North Pembrokeshire. Quoits are also known as dolmen, portal tombs or portal graves. They were built by Neolithic Britains and would have originally been at the centre of an earth burial mound. The huge stone capstones would have been put onto of the stone orthostats by dragging then up the earthworks that made up they burial mound then over the stone orthoststs that made up the walls of the burial chamber. Over the las 4000 years the earth has been washed away to leave Carreg Coetan Quoit as we see it today. <br />
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Quoits was a popular game throughout the ages which con sited of throwing metal rings over a pin. Mythology had it that giants once lived in Great Britain who ere big enough to raise the great stones of monuments like Stonehenge. These giants also liked to play quoits and legend has it that stone monuments, like Carreg Coetan Arhur , were the aftermath of a game of quoits, the big capstone being thrown by giants onto the standing stones.<br />
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Standing alone high on Chun Moor is the pretty little Chun Quoit that was once a close stone chamber at the heat of a burial mound 35 ft (11mts) in diameter. Chun Quoit has a lard mushroom shaped capstone which is about 3.3&Acirc;&nbsp;m (11&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) by 3&Acirc;&nbsp;m (10&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) and 0.8 m (2&Acirc;&nbsp;ft 7 in) thick. This is supported on four upright stone orthostats, about 2&Acirc;&nbsp;m (7&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) high. When covered this burial chamber would have been linked to the outside by a long tunnel which gives such Neolithic burial mounds the name of portal tombs or portal graves.<br />
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Over the last 4000 years the earth around the Chun Quoit has been washed away leaving the stone burial chamber standing. Little is known about the burial practices of Neolithic Britain&acirc;s but evidence suggesting ancestor worship has been found in the archaeological examination of Neolithic burial mounds in Orkney.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of Chun or Ch&Atilde;&raquo;n, Quoit, a megalithic burial dolmen from the Neolithic period, circa 2400 BC, near Morvah on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, England.<br />
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Standing alone high on Chun Moor is the pretty little Chun Quoit that was once a close stone chamber at the heat of a burial mound 35 ft (11mts) in diameter. Chun Quoit has a lard mushroom shaped capstone which is about 3.3&Acirc;&nbsp;m (11&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) by 3&Acirc;&nbsp;m (10&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) and 0.8 m (2&Acirc;&nbsp;ft 7 in) thick. This is supported on four upright stone orthostats, about 2&Acirc;&nbsp;m (7&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) high. When covered this burial chamber would have been linked to the outside by a long tunnel which gives such Neolithic burial mounds the name of portal tombs or portal graves.<br />
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Over the last 4000 years the earth around the Chun Quoit has been washed away leaving the stone burial chamber standing. Little is known about the burial practices of Neolithic Britain&acirc;s but evidence suggesting ancestor worship has been found in the archaeological examination of Neolithic burial mounds in Orkney.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Riserva-Naturale-Incisioni-Rupestri-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000ch_t2xj_GIg/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of Prehistoric Rock Carvings - Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri, Valcamonica, ItalyWed, 14 Dec 2016 15:30:31 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000033UrMMB2ygw/s/500/I000033UrMMB2ygw.jpg500500Foppi-di-Nadro-Neolithic-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Riserva-Naturale-Incisioni-Rupestri-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000ch_t2xj_GIg/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000033UrMMB2ygw/s/500/I000033UrMMB2ygw.jpg" alt="Pictures of the prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings, of the Foppi di Nadro area of the Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo, in the Valle Carmonica, Lombardy Italy. The Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri is a large area of wooded hill side with over 420 rock surfaces covered with prehistoric rock carvings. <br />
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The prehistoric rock carvings of the Val Camonica in northern Italy are the largest collection of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world. An incredible 200,000 to 300,000 prehistoric petroglyphs have been found in the Val Camonica and several archaeological sites protect concentrations of the rock carvings.The Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo, protects 3 areas of petroglyphs one of which is the Foppi di Nadro area overlooking Capo di Ponte in the Val Camonica.<br />
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The prehistoric rock drawings date from about 8000 BC and examples of Roman and medieval rock carvings can be found. The biggest concentration of rock art is from the Copper Age, 3,200 - 1,600 BC and the Iron age 1,600 - 900 BC. <br />
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The prehistoric petroglyphs of the Valcominica in Italy were designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1979 due to their &acirc; extraordinary figurative documentation of prehistoric customs and mentality. The systematic interpretation, typological classification, and the chronological study of these configurations in stone represent a considerable contribution to the fields of prehistory, sociology and ethnology&acirc;. <br />
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The petroglyphs were made by striking the rock surface with another sharp rock creating small cup shaped incisions that were joined together to make a depiction. The petroglyphs of the last period are attributed to the people of Camunni, a tribe that was conquered by the Romans in the late Iron Age. The Camunni were fanatical rock artists as the number of rock carvings in Valcamonica demonstrates.<br />
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There are recurring themes though and the prehistoric petroglyphs of the Foppi di Nadro area of the Naturale Incisioni Rupestri depict scenes connected to agriculture, deer hunting, duels, as well as geometric-symbolic figures. Whole villages with two storey houses raised on poles are laid out in what may be maps of territorial areas. Agricultural scenes depict the early use of ploughs. Fighting scenes show the type of weapons in use as well as armour and shield types used by the Camuni. <br />
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There are many iconic petroglyphic scenes at the Foppi di Nadro area including what seem to be warriors boxing as well as warriors with elaborate headdresses and some that look like spacemen with halo helmets. Amongst the geometric rock carvings if the &acirc;Camunian rose&acirc; that is used as the emblem of Lombardy.<br />
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<br />Pictures of the prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings, of the Foppi di Nadro area of the Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo, in the Valle Carmonica, Lombardy Italy. The Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri is a large area of wooded hill side with over 420 rock surfaces covered with prehistoric rock carvings. <br />
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The prehistoric rock carvings of the Val Camonica in northern Italy are the largest collection of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world. An incredible 200,000 to 300,000 prehistoric petroglyphs have been found in the Val Camonica and several archaeological sites protect concentrations of the rock carvings.The Riserva Naturale Incisioni Rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo, protects 3 areas of petroglyphs one of which is the Foppi di Nadro area overlooking Capo di Ponte in the Val Camonica.<br />
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The prehistoric rock drawings date from about 8000 BC and examples of Roman and medieval rock carvings can be found. The biggest concentration of rock art is from the Copper Age, 3,200 - 1,600 BC and the Iron age 1,600 - 900 BC. <br />
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The prehistoric petroglyphs of the Valcominica in Italy were designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1979 due to their &acirc; extraordinary figurative documentation of prehistoric customs and mentality. The systematic interpretation, typological classification, and the chronological study of these configurations in stone represent a considerable contribution to the fields of prehistory, sociology and ethnology&acirc;. <br />
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The petroglyphs were made by striking the rock surface with another sharp rock creating small cup shaped incisions that were joined together to make a depiction. The petroglyphs of the last period are attributed to the people of Camunni, a tribe that was conquered by the Romans in the late Iron Age. The Camunni were fanatical rock artists as the number of rock carvings in Valcamonica demonstrates.<br />
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There are recurring themes though and the prehistoric petroglyphs of the Foppi di Nadro area of the Naturale Incisioni Rupestri depict scenes connected to agriculture, deer hunting, duels, as well as geometric-symbolic figures. Whole villages with two storey houses raised on poles are laid out in what may be maps of territorial areas. Agricultural scenes depict the early use of ploughs. Fighting scenes show the type of weapons in use as well as armour and shield types used by the Camuni. <br />
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There are many iconic petroglyphic scenes at the Foppi di Nadro area including what seem to be warriors boxing as well as warriors with elaborate headdresses and some that look like spacemen with halo helmets. Amongst the geometric rock carvings if the &acirc;Camunian rose&acirc; that is used as the emblem of Lombardy.<br />
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Lanyon Quoit is the remains of a megalithic burial chamber or dolmen. Its 5.5 meter (16ft) capstone stands on 3 upright stones, or orthostats, 1.5 meters (5ft) high. Originally Lanyon Quoit was at he north end of a long barrow 26 metres (76ft) long and 12 metres (36ft) wide. The barrow would have been covered with earth and would have had an entrance. Such Neolithic burial mounds are also known as also known as a portal tombs or portal graves. Quite often these burial chambers were for communal burials and may have been used as part of ancestor worship cults that were believed to have been part of Neolithic cultures.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of Lanyon Quoit is a megalithic burial dolmen from the Neolithic period, circa 4000 to 3000 BC, near Morvah on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, England<br />
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Lanyon Quoit is the remains of a megalithic burial chamber or dolmen. Its 5.5 meter (16ft) capstone stands on 3 upright stones, or orthostats, 1.5 meters (5ft) high. Originally Lanyon Quoit was at he north end of a long barrow 26 metres (76ft) long and 12 metres (36ft) wide. The barrow would have been covered with earth and would have had an entrance. Such Neolithic burial mounds are also known as also known as a portal tombs or portal graves. Quite often these burial chambers were for communal burials and may have been used as part of ancestor worship cults that were believed to have been part of Neolithic cultures.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Nuragic-Nuraghe-Losa-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000Mqp4W0MyCm8/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Prehistoric Nuragic Nuraghe Losa, Sardinia - Pictures & Images -Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:28:46 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IrkF0g7M_tc/s/500/I0000IrkF0g7M_tc.jpg500500Losa Nuraghe Nuragic Complex.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prehistoric-Nuragic-Nuraghe-Losa-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000Mqp4W0MyCm8/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IrkF0g7M_tc/s/500/I0000IrkF0g7M_tc.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; Images of the prehistoric Nuragic Nuraghe Losa, Abbasanta, Sardinia.<br />
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One of the best preserved Nuraghe in Sardinia is Nuraghe Losa. Built of basalt rocks it dates back to the middle bronze age. The central Nuraghe tower at Losa is a trilobed triangular shaped nuraghe built in the Middle Bronze Age (15-14 century BC) surrounded by a walled compound. Outside this area the remains of a Nuraghe village that is surrounded by an outer defensive wall with turrets a defence wall dating from he Late Bronze Age, 13th century BC. <br />
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The central Nuraghe tower of Losa is about 13 m high today but its original height would have would have been at least 20 m. To this central tower three minor towers are joined to each other by masonry that encases construction. The ogive Tholos roof of the main tower is still in tact. A with all Nuraghe the size of the stones used in the construction of Nuraghe Losa were huge. The incredibly thick walls allowed the nuraghe to reach incredible heights, only surpassed in the Mediterranean by the pyramids at Giza.<br />
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<br />Pictures &amp; Images of the prehistoric Nuragic Nuraghe Losa, Abbasanta, Sardinia.<br />
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One of the best preserved Nuraghe in Sardinia is Nuraghe Losa. Built of basalt rocks it dates back to the middle bronze age. The central Nuraghe tower at Losa is a trilobed triangular shaped nuraghe built in the Middle Bronze Age (15-14 century BC) surrounded by a walled compound. Outside this area the remains of a Nuraghe village that is surrounded by an outer defensive wall with turrets a defence wall dating from he Late Bronze Age, 13th century BC. <br />
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The central Nuraghe tower of Losa is about 13 m high today but its original height would have would have been at least 20 m. To this central tower three minor towers are joined to each other by masonry that encases construction. The ogive Tholos roof of the main tower is still in tact. A with all Nuraghe the size of the stones used in the construction of Nuraghe Losa were huge. The incredibly thick walls allowed the nuraghe to reach incredible heights, only surpassed in the Mediterranean by the pyramids at Giza.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Massi-di-Cemmo-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000y5xJJJadSZ4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of Prehistoric Rock Carvings - Massi di Cemmo - Valcamonica, ItalyThu, 08 Feb 2018 14:27:16 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000tA9BwW83Kk0/s/500/I0000tA9BwW83Kk0.jpg500500Messi-di-Cemmo-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Massi-di-Cemmo-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000y5xJJJadSZ4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000tA9BwW83Kk0/s/500/I0000tA9BwW83Kk0.jpg" alt="Pictures of the prehistoric rock petroglyph, rock carvings, at the prehistoric sanctuary at Massi di Cemmo National Archaeological Park, Pian Delle Greppe, Capo di Ponti, Lombardy, Italy. <br />
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The prehistoric sanctuary of Massi di Cemmo was mentioned for the first time in 1914 in the Italian Touring Guide of Lombardy. The site was excavated in 19030 to reveal two glacial boulder stones known as the Cemmo Stones with prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings in a glacial hollow called Pian Delle Greppe. <br />
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In the year 2000 further excavations revealed an extensive megalithic sanctuary with a semi circle of stones within which is a wall forming a sort of enclosure. It is believed that the site was used for religious ceremonies from the Copper age, 3rd millennium BC up until the Roman period and maybe beyond until Christianity closed all pagan places of worship. <br />
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The small glacial valley of the Pian Delle Greppe was probably formed during the first half of the Holocene period and a landslide moved the Cemmo Stones to their present day situation. The Cemmo Stones had petroglyphs cut into them during the Copper Age when according to pollen analysis there was a lake to the North east of the sanctuary.<br />
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Cemmo Stone no 1 is known locally as the &acirc;puppet stone&acirc; it stands at 2.6 m high and the prehistoric engravings are on its east face. There are over 150 prehistoric petroglyphs on this stone depicting animals, daggers, stags with large antlers and Ibex. Cemmo stone no 2 is situated 15 m away and also stands at 2.5 m high with petroglyphs on its northern face. These engravings are less visible than the Cemmo Stone no 1 as the rocks surface is more rugged. The subject matter on both stones is the same.<br />
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<br />Pictures of the prehistoric rock petroglyph, rock carvings, at the prehistoric sanctuary at Massi di Cemmo National Archaeological Park, Pian Delle Greppe, Capo di Ponti, Lombardy, Italy. <br />
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The prehistoric sanctuary of Massi di Cemmo was mentioned for the first time in 1914 in the Italian Touring Guide of Lombardy. The site was excavated in 19030 to reveal two glacial boulder stones known as the Cemmo Stones with prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings in a glacial hollow called Pian Delle Greppe. <br />
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In the year 2000 further excavations revealed an extensive megalithic sanctuary with a semi circle of stones within which is a wall forming a sort of enclosure. It is believed that the site was used for religious ceremonies from the Copper age, 3rd millennium BC up until the Roman period and maybe beyond until Christianity closed all pagan places of worship. <br />
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The small glacial valley of the Pian Delle Greppe was probably formed during the first half of the Holocene period and a landslide moved the Cemmo Stones to their present day situation. The Cemmo Stones had petroglyphs cut into them during the Copper Age when according to pollen analysis there was a lake to the North east of the sanctuary.<br />
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Cemmo Stone no 1 is known locally as the &acirc;puppet stone&acirc; it stands at 2.6 m high and the prehistoric engravings are on its east face. There are over 150 prehistoric petroglyphs on this stone depicting animals, daggers, stags with large antlers and Ibex. Cemmo stone no 2 is situated 15 m away and also stands at 2.5 m high with petroglyphs on its northern face. These engravings are less visible than the Cemmo Stone no 1 as the rocks surface is more rugged. The subject matter on both stones is the same.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Images-of-Men-an-Tol-Neolithic-Stones-Pictures-Images/G000059iYh3IzTC0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Images of Men-an-Tol Neolithic Stones | Pictures & ImagesWed, 14 Dec 2016 15:46:35 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000t4Sk9huTYj4/s/500/I0000t4Sk9huTYj4.jpg500500Men-An-Toll-Standing-Stones.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Images-of-Men-an-Tol-Neolithic-Stones-Pictures-Images/G000059iYh3IzTC0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000t4Sk9huTYj4/s/500/I0000t4Sk9huTYj4.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of the men-an-tol late neolithic or bronze age standing stones near the Madron to Morvah road, Cornwall, UK. 50.158605&Acirc;&deg;N 5.604441&Acirc;&deg;W<br />
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The men-an-tol are 3 standing stones standing amongst the heather on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, England. Two upright stones about 1.2 mt (5ft) high stand either of a circular stone with a hole in it. The stones could have come from a larger stone circle and the circular stone may have been at the centre of the circle. Stones with a round hole are not common in Cornwall, the best know being the Tolven Holed Stone. Legend suggests that it was though that by passing an injured hand, foot or head through the hole in the stone would bring about healing. Foklore has it that the stones had a fairy or piskie guardian who made miraculous cures. It was also believed that passing a naked child through the hole in the centre of the stone nine times would cure a child of rickets.<br />
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Like everything neolithic the meaning of such monuments as men-an-tol will never be known.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of the men-an-tol late neolithic or bronze age standing stones near the Madron to Morvah road, Cornwall, UK. 50.158605&Acirc;&deg;N 5.604441&Acirc;&deg;W<br />
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The men-an-tol are 3 standing stones standing amongst the heather on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, England. Two upright stones about 1.2 mt (5ft) high stand either of a circular stone with a hole in it. The stones could have come from a larger stone circle and the circular stone may have been at the centre of the circle. Stones with a round hole are not common in Cornwall, the best know being the Tolven Holed Stone. Legend suggests that it was though that by passing an injured hand, foot or head through the hole in the stone would bring about healing. Foklore has it that the stones had a fairy or piskie guardian who made miraculous cures. It was also believed that passing a naked child through the hole in the centre of the stone nine times would cure a child of rickets.<br />
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Like everything neolithic the meaning of such monuments as men-an-tol will never be known.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-Naquane-Valle-Camonica-Italy/G0000xIhZJrg_p7Q/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of Prehistoric Petroglyph Rock Carvings Naquane Valle Camonica, ItalyThu, 08 Feb 2018 14:27:22 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CI7U9aaU324/s/500/I0000CI7U9aaU324.jpg500500Naquane-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-Naquane-Valle-Camonica-Italy/G0000xIhZJrg_p7Q/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CI7U9aaU324/s/500/I0000CI7U9aaU324.jpg" alt="Pictures of prehistoric petroglyph rock art of Pictures of Naquane National Park, Valle Camonica, Lombardy, Italy. <br />
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Part of the Museo Nazionale della Preistoria della Valle Camonica ( MUPRE - The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica ), the Naquane National Park is an outdoor archaeological park with prehistoric rock carvings dating back to the late Bronze Age and early Iron age. <br />
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The petroglyph rock carvings have been credited to the Camunni who lived in the Valle Camonica. They were prolific rock carvers and the Valle Camonica is has the biggest density of prehistoric rock carvings in the world. <br />
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The rock carvings can be found in burial and religious sites as well as deep in the wood of Valle Camonica and high up on the valley sides. Some sites seem to have religious importance such as The Massi di Cemmo archaeological site, and the carvings at the Naquane National Park may also have been at the centre of meeting areas where rites would have been performed. <br />
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The subject matter of the rock carvings covers hunting scenes, warriors fighting, what appears to be ritual processions and collectively this prehistoric rock art gives an insight into the lives of the prehistoric peoples of Lombardy.<br />
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The Naquane National Park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers this part of the Valle Camonica. <br />
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<br />Pictures of prehistoric petroglyph rock art of Pictures of Naquane National Park, Valle Camonica, Lombardy, Italy. <br />
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Part of the Museo Nazionale della Preistoria della Valle Camonica ( MUPRE - The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica ), the Naquane National Park is an outdoor archaeological park with prehistoric rock carvings dating back to the late Bronze Age and early Iron age. <br />
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The petroglyph rock carvings have been credited to the Camunni who lived in the Valle Camonica. They were prolific rock carvers and the Valle Camonica is has the biggest density of prehistoric rock carvings in the world. <br />
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The rock carvings can be found in burial and religious sites as well as deep in the wood of Valle Camonica and high up on the valley sides. Some sites seem to have religious importance such as The Massi di Cemmo archaeological site, and the carvings at the Naquane National Park may also have been at the centre of meeting areas where rites would have been performed. <br />
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The subject matter of the rock carvings covers hunting scenes, warriors fighting, what appears to be ritual processions and collectively this prehistoric rock art gives an insight into the lives of the prehistoric peoples of Lombardy.<br />
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The Naquane National Park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers this part of the Valle Camonica. <br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Palmavera-Nuragic-Village-Nuraghe-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000uhJoyB1JMN4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Palmavera Nuragic Village & Nuraghe - Sardinia - Pictures & ImagesThu, 08 Feb 2018 12:14:11 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000rCrmVnCQBdQ/s/500/I0000rCrmVnCQBdQ.jpg500500Palmaver-Nuraghe-Sardinia.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Palmavera-Nuragic-Village-Nuraghe-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000uhJoyB1JMN4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000rCrmVnCQBdQ/s/500/I0000rCrmVnCQBdQ.jpg" alt="Pictures and image of the exterior ruins of Palmavera prehistoric Nuragic village and Nuraghe tower archaeological site, middle Bronze age (1500 BC), Alghero, Sardinia.<br />
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The Nuragic archaeological site of Palmavera is situated between Alghero and Porto Conte bay. This was an important trading route in Nuragic times and Palmavera became one of the most important Nuragic villages in northern Sardinia as out pictures and images show.<br />
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The Nuragic village of Palmavera was built between the 15th and 9th century BC and was abandoned around the end of the 8th century BC.<br />
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At the centre of Palmavera Nuragic village is the tower of a Nuraghe, a fortified high tower that has fortified walls that linked to a second tower. The bastion wall has a door in it which links to an inner protected courtyard off which are the entrances of the defensive towers. Inside the tower are 3 meter high chambers with ogive vaults from which a staircase goes up to the upper rooms of the Nuraghe tower. <br />
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Next to the main Nuraghe tower ruins are the ruins of a circular stone building with a central plinth that would once have held a high stone model of the Nuraghe that would in turn have supported roof timbers covered in a turf and thatch roof. This room was some sort of communal room possibly for meetings.<br />
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Around the central Nuraghe at Palmavera are the ruins of 40 round huts. The round stone wall of the huts have a single entrance. The walls of the huts would have supported roof timbers and thatched roofs. <br />
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The pictures and images in out Palmavera photo gallery show the ruins of the Nuraghe from the outside and inside. Pictures also show images of the round hut village with the Nuraghe tower ruins behind. <br />
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<br />Pictures and image of the exterior ruins of Palmavera prehistoric Nuragic village and Nuraghe tower archaeological site, middle Bronze age (1500 BC), Alghero, Sardinia.<br />
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The Nuragic archaeological site of Palmavera is situated between Alghero and Porto Conte bay. This was an important trading route in Nuragic times and Palmavera became one of the most important Nuragic villages in northern Sardinia as out pictures and images show.<br />
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The Nuragic village of Palmavera was built between the 15th and 9th century BC and was abandoned around the end of the 8th century BC.<br />
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At the centre of Palmavera Nuragic village is the tower of a Nuraghe, a fortified high tower that has fortified walls that linked to a second tower. The bastion wall has a door in it which links to an inner protected courtyard off which are the entrances of the defensive towers. Inside the tower are 3 meter high chambers with ogive vaults from which a staircase goes up to the upper rooms of the Nuraghe tower. <br />
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Next to the main Nuraghe tower ruins are the ruins of a circular stone building with a central plinth that would once have held a high stone model of the Nuraghe that would in turn have supported roof timbers covered in a turf and thatch roof. This room was some sort of communal room possibly for meetings.<br />
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Around the central Nuraghe at Palmavera are the ruins of 40 round huts. The round stone wall of the huts have a single entrance. The walls of the huts would have supported roof timbers and thatched roofs. <br />
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The pictures and images in out Palmavera photo gallery show the ruins of the Nuraghe from the outside and inside. Pictures also show images of the round hut village with the Nuraghe tower ruins behind. <br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Images-of-Pentre-Ifan-Stone-Burial-Chamber-Pictures-Images/G0000nWXfUmhQExs/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Images of Pentre Ifan Stone Burial Chamber | Pictures & ImagesThu, 15 Dec 2016 11:06:12 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bZlTN476YPY/s/500/I0000bZlTN476YPY.jpg500500Pentre-Ifan-Quoit.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Images-of-Pentre-Ifan-Stone-Burial-Chamber-Pictures-Images/G0000nWXfUmhQExs/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bZlTN476YPY/s/500/I0000bZlTN476YPY.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of Pentre Ifan neolithic megalith dolmen, Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 51.9990&Acirc;&deg;N 4.7700&Acirc;&deg;W<br />
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Pentre Ifan is the best preserved dolmen in Wales. Dating from about 3,500 BC the neolithic monument comprises of 7 standing stone with a huge capstone weighing 16 tonnes. Pentre Ifan would have originally been built as a burial chamber at the centre of an earth mound 30 metres (98&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) long and 17 m wide, which has been removed and eroded over time. The chamber would have been accessed by a stone doorway and it is believed that such neolithic dolmen were part of a burial ritual which honoured the bones and remains of ancestors. It will probably never be known what these dolmen were used for, but the incredible effort put into building these massive stone monuments points to them being an important part of neolithic communities rituals.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of Pentre Ifan neolithic megalith dolmen, Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 51.9990&Acirc;&deg;N 4.7700&Acirc;&deg;W<br />
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Pentre Ifan is the best preserved dolmen in Wales. Dating from about 3,500 BC the neolithic monument comprises of 7 standing stone with a huge capstone weighing 16 tonnes. Pentre Ifan would have originally been built as a burial chamber at the centre of an earth mound 30 metres (98&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) long and 17 m wide, which has been removed and eroded over time. The chamber would have been accessed by a stone doorway and it is believed that such neolithic dolmen were part of a burial ritual which honoured the bones and remains of ancestors. It will probably never be known what these dolmen were used for, but the incredible effort put into building these massive stone monuments points to them being an important part of neolithic communities rituals.<br />
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Picture and image of the exterior prehistoric megalith ruins of Santu Antine Nuraghe tower and nuragic village archaeological site, Bronze age (19-18th century BC), Torralba, Sardinia.<br />
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Situated on the plain of Cabu Abbas, the Nuraghe Santu Antine is one of the most important megalithic monuments of Europe and the mediterranean. Known locally as the Kings House (So Duomo e su Re) the imposing basalt structure of Nuraghe Santu Antine can be seen from a long way off across the Cabu Abbas plain. When its Nuraghe tower was at full height of 3 stories or more then the Nuraghe Santu Antine would have been visible from miles around. <br />
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The Nuraghe Santu Antine complex has a central tower surrounded by a trilobed bastion which enclosed a central courtyard with a 20 meter deep well. From here a doorway leads into the 16th century BC tower with its single 17 meter high tower which contains one ogive vaulted chamber on top of which more chambers would have been built. <br />
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From the inner courtyard another door leads to one of Nuraghe Santu Antine smaller towers which in turn leads to an internal passage that runs around the bastions of the Nuraghe.<br />
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The stones used in construction by the Nuragic people were of immense sizes and are similar to the techniques found in Mycenaean walls known as cyclopic technique. The immense size of these stones allowed the Nuraghe to gain great heights making them the highest know structures of the ancient Mediterranean second only to the Pyramids at Giza.<br />
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A Nuragic village of small round stone houses surrounded Santu Antine Nuraghe and to date 14 houses have been excavated.<br />
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The exact uses of the Nuraghe of Sardinia is still not fully understood. It is still uncertain as to whether they were defensive structure or were used as temples and astrological observatories. Features of the Santu Antine Nuraghe and its alignment to the sun suggest that some religious purpose may have influenced its design<br />
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<br />Picture and image of the exterior prehistoric megalith ruins of Santu Antine Nuraghe tower and nuragic village archaeological site, Bronze age (19-18th century BC), Torralba, Sardinia.<br />
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Picture and image of the exterior prehistoric megalith ruins of Santu Antine Nuraghe tower and nuragic village archaeological site, Bronze age (19-18th century BC), Torralba, Sardinia.<br />
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Situated on the plain of Cabu Abbas, the Nuraghe Santu Antine is one of the most important megalithic monuments of Europe and the mediterranean. Known locally as the Kings House (So Duomo e su Re) the imposing basalt structure of Nuraghe Santu Antine can be seen from a long way off across the Cabu Abbas plain. When its Nuraghe tower was at full height of 3 stories or more then the Nuraghe Santu Antine would have been visible from miles around. <br />
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The Nuraghe Santu Antine complex has a central tower surrounded by a trilobed bastion which enclosed a central courtyard with a 20 meter deep well. From here a doorway leads into the 16th century BC tower with its single 17 meter high tower which contains one ogive vaulted chamber on top of which more chambers would have been built. <br />
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From the inner courtyard another door leads to one of Nuraghe Santu Antine smaller towers which in turn leads to an internal passage that runs around the bastions of the Nuraghe.<br />
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The stones used in construction by the Nuragic people were of immense sizes and are similar to the techniques found in Mycenaean walls known as cyclopic technique. The immense size of these stones allowed the Nuraghe to gain great heights making them the highest know structures of the ancient Mediterranean second only to the Pyramids at Giza.<br />
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A Nuragic village of small round stone houses surrounded Santu Antine Nuraghe and to date 14 houses have been excavated.<br />
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The exact uses of the Nuraghe of Sardinia is still not fully understood. It is still uncertain as to whether they were defensive structure or were used as temples and astrological observatories. Features of the Santu Antine Nuraghe and its alignment to the sun suggest that some religious purpose may have influenced its design<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Domus-de-Janus-Tomb-Sas-Concas-necropolis-Pictures-Images/G0000QmaJky8QdlE/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Domus de Janus Tomb Sas Concas necropolis - Pictures & Images -Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:40:06 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BIqsplaHmPA/s/500/I0000BIqsplaHmPA.jpg500500Sas-Concas-Domus-De-Janas.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Domus-de-Janus-Tomb-Sas-Concas-necropolis-Pictures-Images/G0000QmaJky8QdlE/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BIqsplaHmPA/s/500/I0000BIqsplaHmPA.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; images of the Domus de Janus of the Sas Concas prehistoric necropolis, Abbasanta Sardinia.<br />
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During the Neolithic to Early Bronze age (3400-2700BC) in Sardinia, the pre-Nuragic people of the island cut chamber tombs into soft rocky outcrops to bury their dead in. These are known in Sardinia as Domus de Janas which translates as &acirc;house of the fairies&acirc; or &acirc;witches&acirc;. <br />
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The Domus de Janas tombs were usually conical inside like the shape of a round hut. The roofs were cut into triangular shapes to represent roof timbers. The Domus de Janas tombs had inner chambers and outed chambers. The outer chamber had a small entrance that opened out into wide area in front of a small opening that led to the inner tomb. In the outer room it is common to find concave dips carved into the floor thought to be used to burn offerings. The inner tomb door opening usually has grooves that would probably have held a wooden door. <br />
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The Domus de Janas tombs were probably decorated in some way and some tombs still have carvings visible on their walls. The necropolis of Sas Concas is a prehistoric archaeological site dates from about 3000BC and in all the site has 19 hypogeal pluricellular tombs as described above. <br />
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How to get there - On the S.S 131 D.C.N from Abbasanta to Nuoro take the exit to Oniferi and at the first bend there is a small gate that leads to the Sas Concas necropolis." /></a>
<br />Pictures &amp; images of the Domus de Janus of the Sas Concas prehistoric necropolis, Abbasanta Sardinia.<br />
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During the Neolithic to Early Bronze age (3400-2700BC) in Sardinia, the pre-Nuragic people of the island cut chamber tombs into soft rocky outcrops to bury their dead in. These are known in Sardinia as Domus de Janas which translates as &acirc;house of the fairies&acirc; or &acirc;witches&acirc;. <br />
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The Domus de Janas tombs were usually conical inside like the shape of a round hut. The roofs were cut into triangular shapes to represent roof timbers. The Domus de Janas tombs had inner chambers and outed chambers. The outer chamber had a small entrance that opened out into wide area in front of a small opening that led to the inner tomb. In the outer room it is common to find concave dips carved into the floor thought to be used to burn offerings. The inner tomb door opening usually has grooves that would probably have held a wooden door. <br />
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The Domus de Janas tombs were probably decorated in some way and some tombs still have carvings visible on their walls. The necropolis of Sas Concas is a prehistoric archaeological site dates from about 3000BC and in all the site has 19 hypogeal pluricellular tombs as described above. <br />
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How to get there - On the S.S 131 D.C.N from Abbasanta to Nuoro take the exit to Oniferi and at the first bend there is a small gate that leads to the Sas Concas necropolis.
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Steinacleit-Standing-Stones-Lewis-Pictures-Images-Photo-of/G0000ZPGTklMSiPY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Steinacleit Standing Stones, Lewis - Pictures Images Photo ofWed, 31 Jan 2018 09:14:29 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PBs7b3deyRE/s/500/I0000PBs7b3deyRE.jpg500500Steinacleit Standing Stones.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Steinacleit-Standing-Stones-Lewis-Pictures-Images-Photo-of/G0000ZPGTklMSiPY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PBs7b3deyRE/s/500/I0000PBs7b3deyRE.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; images of Steinacleit Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Steinacleit Standing Stones are situated on a windswept moorland hill overlooking the sea on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Steinacleit Standing Stones probably represent what remains of a Neolithic Chambered Cairn for around 1800-1500 BC but as the site has not be excavated yet this is uncertain and some experts believe that Steinacleit Standing Stones are what remains of a prehistoric farmstead with a house and yard with an ancient field system around it. <br />
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<br />Pictures &amp; images of Steinacleit Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Steinacleit Standing Stones are situated on a windswept moorland hill overlooking the sea on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Steinacleit Standing Stones probably represent what remains of a Neolithic Chambered Cairn for around 1800-1500 BC but as the site has not be excavated yet this is uncertain and some experts believe that Steinacleit Standing Stones are what remains of a prehistoric farmstead with a house and yard with an ancient field system around it. <br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Photos-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Tock-Carvings-Sahara-Morocco-Pictures-and-Images/G0000JoAvKuCYemQ/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Photos of Prehistoric Petroglyph Tock Carvings. Sahara Morocco Pictures and ImagesWed, 14 Dec 2016 16:09:39 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000DQ8jqS2iMcg/s/500/I0000DQ8jqS2iMcg.jpg500500Touz-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Photos-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Tock-Carvings-Sahara-Morocco-Pictures-and-Images/G0000JoAvKuCYemQ/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000DQ8jqS2iMcg/s/500/I0000DQ8jqS2iMcg.jpg" alt="Photos of the Neolithic prehistoric petroglyph rock carvings of Taouz Morocco<br />
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In the Extreme South East of Morocco is Taouz, a military post on the Algerian border. 20 km east of Taouz prehistoric Saharan rock art of cattle can be found on the flat rocks of the barren arid high hills of south eastern Morocco. Although the earliest Hominid remains of Homo Erectus in Morocco are dated at around 40,000BC, the petroglyphs near Taouz possible date from 2,500BC when the climate of the area allowed it to be inhabited.<br />
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Rock engravings were first noted by Rabbi Mardochee Abi Serour in 1875 who had seen them on his travels. . It was not until 1934 though that professional archaeologists under the direction of Ruhlman, Inspector of Moroccan Prehistoric Antiquities, made a concerted effort to catalogue the Rock art of Morocco. <br />
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The site near Taouz is remote and difficult to find without a guide or a 4x4 vehicle. The stone age village is set amongst barren hills and high on a hill overlooking a valley are the remains of a round stone burial tumuli. Above this tumuli is a long run of exposed rock on which are the petroglyphs of cattle. Today this part of the northern Sahara is a barren waste land with little vegetation or top soil. When the prehistoric artists made the cattle rock art the scene would have been very different and the little village that occupies the valley would, from 7,500-2,500BC, have been in the middle of Savanna.<br />
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The meaning of Palaeolithic art has been the focus of academic debate. It was thought initially that they were the doodles of shepherds or cow herds, but French prehistorian Jean Clottes concluded that &acirc;Rock art is rarely gratuitous or anecdotal&acirc; (UNESCO 1997). After much study Clottes concluded that there is a strong argument for believing that much of prehistoric art was in fact produced in the context of shamanic practices. The location rock art at the Taouz site high up above the scattered tumuli seem to indicate that they were put for some ritual purpose. The Tumuli next to them which is the highest tumuli and could well have been the burial place of elders of shaman. <br />
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The cattle rock art of Taouz also have two distinctive styles. The cattle with rounded backs appear to be older than the cattle etchings with flat backs. They typically have single horns of various shapes are depicted and some of the cattle of Taouz seem to have udders which is not typical of other Moroccan rock art cattle. Some of the cattle have male sex organs with patchy coat markings. Leg articulations are usually not shown. Some of the cattle have small match stick men standing on them. <br />
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The meanings and purpose of the rock art of Taouz is still open to much academic debate and research. It seems clear though that the depiction of animals was important to prehistoric man.<br />
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<br />Photos of the Neolithic prehistoric petroglyph rock carvings of Taouz Morocco<br />
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In the Extreme South East of Morocco is Taouz, a military post on the Algerian border. 20 km east of Taouz prehistoric Saharan rock art of cattle can be found on the flat rocks of the barren arid high hills of south eastern Morocco. Although the earliest Hominid remains of Homo Erectus in Morocco are dated at around 40,000BC, the petroglyphs near Taouz possible date from 2,500BC when the climate of the area allowed it to be inhabited.<br />
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Rock engravings were first noted by Rabbi Mardochee Abi Serour in 1875 who had seen them on his travels. . It was not until 1934 though that professional archaeologists under the direction of Ruhlman, Inspector of Moroccan Prehistoric Antiquities, made a concerted effort to catalogue the Rock art of Morocco. <br />
<br />
The site near Taouz is remote and difficult to find without a guide or a 4x4 vehicle. The stone age village is set amongst barren hills and high on a hill overlooking a valley are the remains of a round stone burial tumuli. Above this tumuli is a long run of exposed rock on which are the petroglyphs of cattle. Today this part of the northern Sahara is a barren waste land with little vegetation or top soil. When the prehistoric artists made the cattle rock art the scene would have been very different and the little village that occupies the valley would, from 7,500-2,500BC, have been in the middle of Savanna.<br />
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The meaning of Palaeolithic art has been the focus of academic debate. It was thought initially that they were the doodles of shepherds or cow herds, but French prehistorian Jean Clottes concluded that &acirc;Rock art is rarely gratuitous or anecdotal&acirc; (UNESCO 1997). After much study Clottes concluded that there is a strong argument for believing that much of prehistoric art was in fact produced in the context of shamanic practices. The location rock art at the Taouz site high up above the scattered tumuli seem to indicate that they were put for some ritual purpose. The Tumuli next to them which is the highest tumuli and could well have been the burial place of elders of shaman. <br />
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The cattle rock art of Taouz also have two distinctive styles. The cattle with rounded backs appear to be older than the cattle etchings with flat backs. They typically have single horns of various shapes are depicted and some of the cattle of Taouz seem to have udders which is not typical of other Moroccan rock art cattle. Some of the cattle have male sex organs with patchy coat markings. Leg articulations are usually not shown. Some of the cattle have small match stick men standing on them. <br />
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The meanings and purpose of the rock art of Taouz is still open to much academic debate and research. It seems clear though that the depiction of animals was important to prehistoric man.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ring-of-Brodgar-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000eoJ_2cVyPJU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Ring of Brodgar Orkney Images, Pictures & PhotosWed, 14 Dec 2016 14:11:36 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000iRVEZvSYgc8/s/500/I0000iRVEZvSYgc8.jpg500500Ring Of Brodgar Orkney.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ring-of-Brodgar-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000eoJ_2cVyPJU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000iRVEZvSYgc8/s/500/I0000iRVEZvSYgc8.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of the Ring of Brodgar ( circa 2,500 to 2,000 BC) a Neolithic henge with a stone circle inside, the third largest and most northern in the British Isles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mainland Orkney, Scotland.<br />
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A henge is a circular ditch with a bank. Most hedges do not have circles of stones inside them which is what makes the Ring of Brodgar along with Avebury and Stonehenge unusual. <br />
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4000 years the climate of Orkney was a lot warmer than today. The Island could support a large community who lived off fish and shellfish and burnt peat from the inland moors of Orkney. The Ring of Brodgar is built inland on a narrow piece of land with the Lochs of Stenness and Harray on either side. The stone circle is 104 metres (341&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) in diameter with originally around 60 stones. The surrounding fitch is 3 metres (9.8&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) deep, 9 metres (30&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) wide and 380 metres (1,250&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) in circumference. It is cut out of the underlying sandstone rock which would have taken an incredible effort to dig for the stone age community of Orkney.<br />
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The Ring of Brodgar is part of a series neolithic monuments. Within 2 square miles (5.2&Acirc;&nbsp;km2) there are the two circle henges, four chambered tombs, groups of standing stones, single stones, barrows, cairns, and mounds. The purpose of the Ring of Brodgar will probably never be known. It has always been assumed that the great Neolithic rings were centre of some sort of religious ritual. Because of the diverse geology of Orkney, geologists have been able to work out exactly where each of the stones originated from . This has shown that each stone is from a different part of the island suggesting that each stone may represent a clan. This may mean that the Ring of Bridgar was a meeting place for the island clans. <br />
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The Ring of Brodgar is an enigmatic site which links us back to our neolithic ancestors. It is incredible that it has survived the ravages of the last 4000 years to give us a glimpse of a lost neolithic civilisation that once thrived on Orkney.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of the Ring of Brodgar ( circa 2,500 to 2,000 BC) a Neolithic henge with a stone circle inside, the third largest and most northern in the British Isles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mainland Orkney, Scotland.<br />
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A henge is a circular ditch with a bank. Most hedges do not have circles of stones inside them which is what makes the Ring of Brodgar along with Avebury and Stonehenge unusual. <br />
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4000 years the climate of Orkney was a lot warmer than today. The Island could support a large community who lived off fish and shellfish and burnt peat from the inland moors of Orkney. The Ring of Brodgar is built inland on a narrow piece of land with the Lochs of Stenness and Harray on either side. The stone circle is 104 metres (341&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) in diameter with originally around 60 stones. The surrounding fitch is 3 metres (9.8&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) deep, 9 metres (30&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) wide and 380 metres (1,250&Acirc;&nbsp;ft) in circumference. It is cut out of the underlying sandstone rock which would have taken an incredible effort to dig for the stone age community of Orkney.<br />
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The Ring of Brodgar is part of a series neolithic monuments. Within 2 square miles (5.2&Acirc;&nbsp;km2) there are the two circle henges, four chambered tombs, groups of standing stones, single stones, barrows, cairns, and mounds. The purpose of the Ring of Brodgar will probably never be known. It has always been assumed that the great Neolithic rings were centre of some sort of religious ritual. Because of the diverse geology of Orkney, geologists have been able to work out exactly where each of the stones originated from . This has shown that each stone is from a different part of the island suggesting that each stone may represent a clan. This may mean that the Ring of Bridgar was a meeting place for the island clans. <br />
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The Ring of Brodgar is an enigmatic site which links us back to our neolithic ancestors. It is incredible that it has survived the ravages of the last 4000 years to give us a glimpse of a lost neolithic civilisation that once thrived on Orkney.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Nuraghe-Church-of-Santa-Sabina-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000fv0VnHoEzGU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Nuraghe & Church of Santa Sabina, Sardinia - Pictures & Images -Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:34:05 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000AI.gl5Ct43Q/s/500/I0000AI.gl5Ct43Q.jpg500500Santa Sabina Nuraghe Nuragic Complex.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Nuraghe-Church-of-Santa-Sabina-Sardinia-Pictures-Images/G0000fv0VnHoEzGU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000AI.gl5Ct43Q/s/500/I0000AI.gl5Ct43Q.jpg" alt="Pictures and images of Nuraghe Santa Sabina and Santa Sabina Byzantine church, Silanus, Sardinia.<br />
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The Santa Sabina archaeological complex is one of the most important examples of religious syncretism in Sardinia. Santa Sabina site has the remains of a Bronze a village, a single tower Nuraghe and a Byzantine church dedicated to Santa Sabina. The presence on the site of the sacred well of Cherchizzu and 2 Giants tomb means that the site has been used for religious purposes continuously for over 3000 years.<br />
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The Nuraghe Santa Sabina is 12.6 m in diameter and has an intact ogive vault 8.6 m high. An internal staircase leads up to the now missing higher floors. The Nuraghe Santa Sabina can be dated between the second half of the 14th and 10th centuries BC, then between the late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Bronze Age.<br />
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<br />Pictures and images of Nuraghe Santa Sabina and Santa Sabina Byzantine church, Silanus, Sardinia.<br />
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The Santa Sabina archaeological complex is one of the most important examples of religious syncretism in Sardinia. Santa Sabina site has the remains of a Bronze a village, a single tower Nuraghe and a Byzantine church dedicated to Santa Sabina. The presence on the site of the sacred well of Cherchizzu and 2 Giants tomb means that the site has been used for religious purposes continuously for over 3000 years.<br />
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The Nuraghe Santa Sabina is 12.6 m in diameter and has an intact ogive vault 8.6 m high. An internal staircase leads up to the now missing higher floors. The Nuraghe Santa Sabina can be dated between the second half of the 14th and 10th centuries BC, then between the late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Bronze Age.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Seradina-Bedolina-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000XB0QnT7AVLY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of Prehistoric Rock Carvings - Seradina Bedolina - Valcamonica, ItalyWed, 14 Dec 2016 16:18:43 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bmtadEs1khE/s/500/I0000bmtadEs1khE.jpg500500Sedalina-Bardolina-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Rock-Carvings-Seradina-Bedolina-Valcamonica-Italy/G0000XB0QnT7AVLY/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bmtadEs1khE/s/500/I0000bmtadEs1khE.jpg" alt="Pictures of prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings, from the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park Museum, Valle Comenica, Lombardy, Italy.<br />
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Valcominica has more prehistoric rock carvings than anywhere else in the world. Some 200,000 to 300,000 petroglyphs have been found in the valley and more are undoubtedly waiting to be found in the densely wooded mountain slopes of the valley. <br />
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The petroglyphs of the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park mostly date from the Copper Age and the Iron Age a period from around 3,300 to 900 BC although petroglyphs dating to 8000 BC are found in the area. <br />
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In the Iron age the Camuni people who lived in the Valcominica were prolific rock carver artists depicting warriors duelling, hunting scenes as well as what appears to be a map with huts and filed systems of the area on the rock faces of Seradina-Bedolina.<br />
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Even though scholars reported prehistoric rock carvings in the Seradina-Bedolina area in the 1930s it was not until 1963 that Emmanuel Anati, director of the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici started serious archaeology at the site. <br />
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Rock not 12 in the Seradina I area of the site has an incredible density of figures with depictions of deer hunts plus many scenes with warriors with swords, spears and shields. Scenes of ploughing have given historians an insight into how Iron Age people farmed. Scenes with men holding snakes and what appear to be praying figures suggest that the site had a religious context.<br />
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The highest point of the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park is in the Bedolina area where rock no 1 has whar seems to be a schematic map of the area. Historians have managed to recognise rivers that exist today. The &acirc;Badolina Map&acirc; depicts huts that are two storey raised on poles, the lower florr of which may have been animal pens as still exist in Alpine regions. Fields are laid out with animals and the map may have been proof of ownership to settle territorial disputes.<br />
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Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park is part of the Valcomenica UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
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<br />Pictures of prehistoric petroglyphs, rock carvings, from the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park Museum, Valle Comenica, Lombardy, Italy.<br />
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Valcominica has more prehistoric rock carvings than anywhere else in the world. Some 200,000 to 300,000 petroglyphs have been found in the valley and more are undoubtedly waiting to be found in the densely wooded mountain slopes of the valley. <br />
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The petroglyphs of the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park mostly date from the Copper Age and the Iron Age a period from around 3,300 to 900 BC although petroglyphs dating to 8000 BC are found in the area. <br />
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In the Iron age the Camuni people who lived in the Valcominica were prolific rock carver artists depicting warriors duelling, hunting scenes as well as what appears to be a map with huts and filed systems of the area on the rock faces of Seradina-Bedolina.<br />
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Even though scholars reported prehistoric rock carvings in the Seradina-Bedolina area in the 1930s it was not until 1963 that Emmanuel Anati, director of the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici started serious archaeology at the site. <br />
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Rock not 12 in the Seradina I area of the site has an incredible density of figures with depictions of deer hunts plus many scenes with warriors with swords, spears and shields. Scenes of ploughing have given historians an insight into how Iron Age people farmed. Scenes with men holding snakes and what appear to be praying figures suggest that the site had a religious context.<br />
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The highest point of the Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park is in the Bedolina area where rock no 1 has whar seems to be a schematic map of the area. Historians have managed to recognise rivers that exist today. The &acirc;Badolina Map&acirc; depicts huts that are two storey raised on poles, the lower florr of which may have been animal pens as still exist in Alpine regions. Fields are laid out with animals and the map may have been proof of ownership to settle territorial disputes.<br />
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Seradina-Bedolina Archaeological Park is part of the Valcomenica UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
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Dating from the 17th - 12th century BC the Nuraghe Serbissi is situated at 963 m high on a limestone plateau overlooking the Ogliastra Mountains. Below the nuraghe is the entrance of a grotto which has show evidence of habitation since neolithic times, serving as a food store during the Nuragic period. <br />
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Nuraghe Serbissi comprises 4 towers strengthened by a bastion. Four passageways join the network of towers together. The main tower is 6.5 m high and the ogive tholos roof of its ground floor chamber is in tact. A staircase leads up to what would have been a first floor chamber now missing.<br />
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Around the Nuraghe are remains of round huts probably remnants of a Nuragic village. Nuraghe Serbissi has a formidable defensive location in central Sardinia and its wild setting in a Sardinian Natural Park makes it one of the most enigmatic nuraghe of the island.<br />
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<br />Pictures and images of the Nuragic complex and Nuraghe of Serbissi, Osini, Sardinia. <br />
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Dating from the 17th - 12th century BC the Nuraghe Serbissi is situated at 963 m high on a limestone plateau overlooking the Ogliastra Mountains. Below the nuraghe is the entrance of a grotto which has show evidence of habitation since neolithic times, serving as a food store during the Nuragic period. <br />
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Nuraghe Serbissi comprises 4 towers strengthened by a bastion. Four passageways join the network of towers together. The main tower is 6.5 m high and the ogive tholos roof of its ground floor chamber is in tact. A staircase leads up to what would have been a first floor chamber now missing.<br />
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Around the Nuraghe are remains of round huts probably remnants of a Nuragic village. Nuraghe Serbissi has a formidable defensive location in central Sardinia and its wild setting in a Sardinian Natural Park makes it one of the most enigmatic nuraghe of the island.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Skara-Brae-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000HvXmPh.bb_Q/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Skara Brae Orkney Images, Pictures & PhotosWed, 14 Dec 2016 14:15:05 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000H6qdlMqgWRA/s/500/I0000H6qdlMqgWRA.jpg500500Skara-Brae-Orkney.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Skara-Brae-Orkney-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000HvXmPh.bb_Q/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000H6qdlMqgWRA/s/500/I0000H6qdlMqgWRA.jpg" alt="Images, pictures &amp; photos of Skara Brae, Europe&#039;s most complete Neolithic village. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
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In the winter of 1840 a huge storm hit Scotland killing 200 people and wide devastation. The high winds and waves lashed the bay of Skaill in the northern isle of Orkney and when the storm had abated the outline of houses could be seen on a low hill at the back of the beach known as Skerrabra. In the manor house close by lived the local laird, William Watt of Skaill. He stared excavating the houses but in 1868 he lost interest and stopped work leaving the four house ruins he had uncovered as a play ground for his children. <br />
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It was not until 1927 that the site was investigated by University of Edinburgh&#039;s Professor Vere Gordon Childe, and what he discovered was the Pompeii of the Neolithic period. The buildings of Skara Brae were round stone built dwellings which would have had wooden pole ceilings covered in turf. Inside the dwellings were stone furniture, hearths, stone troughs &amp; beds. The buildings were in such good preservation that Childe dated them at about 500BC. It was not until 1972 that radiocarbon dating stunned the archaeological world by revealing that the first occupation dated from around 3180 BC. <br />
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Today it is possible to walk around the village and look down into the houses. The scene is one of domestic comfort with features that are very familiar. The entrance to the rooms was by a low tunnel door which had a door which could be locked with a sliding wood bar. At the opposite end of the round room was a stone dresser where trinkets were found. On the right side of the room was a large bed and on the left a smaller one. Stone partitions surrounded the beds within which bracken and animal furs would have been laid. Set into the floors are stone troughs which may have been filled with water to hold the bait of the fishermen that lived in these houses. Stone seats and cupboards added to the comfort of the houses which also had a drainage system and a toilet pit outside each house. The roof was covered with turf making it weather resistant.<br />
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The piles of shells found outside the houses indicate precisely what the diet of the villagers was. The reason Skara Brae was abandoned is a matter of much discussion. The most likely theory is that the weather became colder and the fishing became harder making it impossible to live on the islands. <br />
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Standing above the little houses of Skara Brae it is possible to get an insight into Neolithic living. Looking out into the bay of Skaill it is not hard to imagine the boats on the beach of a thriving fishing community. This was though a sophisticated community that could also build great monuments and burial chambers and were almost certainly in touch with the other settlements of the Neolithic world.<br />
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<br />Images, pictures &amp; photos of Skara Brae, Europe&#039;s most complete Neolithic village. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
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In the winter of 1840 a huge storm hit Scotland killing 200 people and wide devastation. The high winds and waves lashed the bay of Skaill in the northern isle of Orkney and when the storm had abated the outline of houses could be seen on a low hill at the back of the beach known as Skerrabra. In the manor house close by lived the local laird, William Watt of Skaill. He stared excavating the houses but in 1868 he lost interest and stopped work leaving the four house ruins he had uncovered as a play ground for his children. <br />
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It was not until 1927 that the site was investigated by University of Edinburgh&#039;s Professor Vere Gordon Childe, and what he discovered was the Pompeii of the Neolithic period. The buildings of Skara Brae were round stone built dwellings which would have had wooden pole ceilings covered in turf. Inside the dwellings were stone furniture, hearths, stone troughs &amp; beds. The buildings were in such good preservation that Childe dated them at about 500BC. It was not until 1972 that radiocarbon dating stunned the archaeological world by revealing that the first occupation dated from around 3180 BC. <br />
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Today it is possible to walk around the village and look down into the houses. The scene is one of domestic comfort with features that are very familiar. The entrance to the rooms was by a low tunnel door which had a door which could be locked with a sliding wood bar. At the opposite end of the round room was a stone dresser where trinkets were found. On the right side of the room was a large bed and on the left a smaller one. Stone partitions surrounded the beds within which bracken and animal furs would have been laid. Set into the floors are stone troughs which may have been filled with water to hold the bait of the fishermen that lived in these houses. Stone seats and cupboards added to the comfort of the houses which also had a drainage system and a toilet pit outside each house. The roof was covered with turf making it weather resistant.<br />
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The piles of shells found outside the houses indicate precisely what the diet of the villagers was. The reason Skara Brae was abandoned is a matter of much discussion. The most likely theory is that the weather became colder and the fishing became harder making it impossible to live on the islands. <br />
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Standing above the little houses of Skara Brae it is possible to get an insight into Neolithic living. Looking out into the bay of Skaill it is not hard to imagine the boats on the beach of a thriving fishing community. This was though a sophisticated community that could also build great monuments and burial chambers and were almost certainly in touch with the other settlements of the Neolithic world.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Neolithic-Standing-Stones-of-Stenness-Orkney-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000WF_UFyQWCO4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Neolithic Standing Stones of Stenness - Orkney - Pictures Images PhotosWed, 31 Jan 2018 04:56:35 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bLIvO0MUDSc/s/500/I0000bLIvO0MUDSc.jpg500500Stennes-Standing-Stones.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Neolithic-Standing-Stones-of-Stenness-Orkney-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000WF_UFyQWCO4/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bLIvO0MUDSc/s/500/I0000bLIvO0MUDSc.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; Images of the Neolithic Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland. At the heart of the Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site near Loch Harray are the Standing Stones of Stenness. Originally the monument was built as a henge with a ditch around it and the Standing Stones of Stenness circle within. The ditch has not been excavated but the Standing Stones of Stenness are the remains of probably the oldest henge in the British Isles. <br />
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Originally around 12 stones formed an elliptical stone circle about 32 meters (105 feet) round. This was surrounded by a 7 meter wide ditch. At the centre of what is left of the circle is the Watch Stone which stand 18 feet high (5.5 m). The base of 2 other stones that would have stood at the centre of the circle were excavated in the 1930s. The lack of stones today was due to the action os Captain W Mackay who owned the land the Standing Stones of Stenness stand on. In 1814, angered at tourists walking across his fields to see the stones, Mackay started destroying the stones toppling the Odin Stone. This caused such outrage that he was stopped from further vandalism. <br />
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Excavations from the 1970s suggest that the Standing Stones of Stenness circle was never finished. Radiocarbon dating from finds at Stenness suggest that the site dates back to before 3100BC which also makes Stenness one of the earliest henges in the British Isles.<br />
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<br />Pictures &amp; Images of the Neolithic Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland. At the heart of the Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site near Loch Harray are the Standing Stones of Stenness. Originally the monument was built as a henge with a ditch around it and the Standing Stones of Stenness circle within. The ditch has not been excavated but the Standing Stones of Stenness are the remains of probably the oldest henge in the British Isles. <br />
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Originally around 12 stones formed an elliptical stone circle about 32 meters (105 feet) round. This was surrounded by a 7 meter wide ditch. At the centre of what is left of the circle is the Watch Stone which stand 18 feet high (5.5 m). The base of 2 other stones that would have stood at the centre of the circle were excavated in the 1930s. The lack of stones today was due to the action os Captain W Mackay who owned the land the Standing Stones of Stenness stand on. In 1814, angered at tourists walking across his fields to see the stones, Mackay started destroying the stones toppling the Odin Stone. This caused such outrage that he was stopped from further vandalism. <br />
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Excavations from the 1970s suggest that the Standing Stones of Stenness circle was never finished. Radiocarbon dating from finds at Stenness suggest that the site dates back to before 3100BC which also makes Stenness one of the earliest henges in the British Isles.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Stonehenge-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000Jm4_zyC1Xc0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Stonehenge Images, Pictures & PhotosWed, 14 Dec 2016 16:22:22 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_PK2vL8GNCQ/s/500/I0000_PK2vL8GNCQ.jpg500500Stonehenge-Stone-Circle.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Stonehenge-Images-Pictures-Photos/G0000Jm4_zyC1Xc0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_PK2vL8GNCQ/s/500/I0000_PK2vL8GNCQ.jpg" alt="Images, pictues &amp; photos of Stonehenge Neolithic stone circle, England<br />
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The UNESCO World Heritage site of Stone henge is one the most instantly recognisable monument in England . Situated north of Salisbury on an undulating plain, Stone henge is a ring of stones that stands at the centre of large area full of Neolithic burial mounds and monuments.<br />
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The earliest record of activity at Stonehenge dates from 8000 BC. Until recently it was believed that in 3100 BC the first monument on the Stonehenge site was built consisting of a round ditch inside of which were 56 holes that may have contained standing wooden posts. In 2014 excavations by the University of Buckingham using ground penetrating radar revealed that an area extending to 12 square kilometres around Stonehenge appear to have had as many as 17 monuments like the early stonehenge dating to 4,000BC.<br />
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Around 2600 BC the use of wood posts was abandoned and the use of upright stones started. Between 2600 and 2400 BC 30 enormous sarcen stones were erected at Stonehenge. For the next 1000 years the site was developed the last known phase of construction being around 1600BC.<br />
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Stonehenge has been the centre of much academic speculation but it will never be known for certain what ceremonies took place at Stonehenge. <br />
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Excavations of Stonehenge by Mike Parker Parsons have produced 50,000 cremated bones and the remains of 63 individuals. It is clear then that from early times Stonehenge was the focus of burial rights. Mile Parker Parsons has concluded that &acirc;Stonehenge was a place of burial from its beginning to its zenith in the mid third millennium B.C. The cremation burial dating to Stonehenge&#039;s sarsen stones phase is likely just one of many from this later period of the monument&#039;s use and demonstrates that it was still very much a domain of the dead&acirc;.<br />
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Neolithic sites throughout the UK are suggesting that ancestor worship was important for Neolithic peoples. Stonehenge also has stones aligned with the sunrise on the mid summer solstice just as the entrance of Maes Howe in Orkney is aligned with the sunrise of the winter solstice. It is clear that both ancestor worship and the solstices were important to neolithic peoples. Research of the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney have revealed that each of the stones came from a different part of the island leading to speculation that the ring was used a a meeting place for the different tribes of the island. Taking that the people that built both Stonehenge and Brodgar would have shared common customs then perhaps Stonehenge had a more social use than is evident at the moment. <br />
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Whatever Stonehenge was built for will probably never be known but it is still an incredible monument that really is though provoking and demonstrates that our Neolithic ancestors were amazing engineers and lived in an incredibly well organised society that could come together to build great monuments.<br />
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<br />Images, pictues &amp; photos of Stonehenge Neolithic stone circle, England<br />
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The UNESCO World Heritage site of Stone henge is one the most instantly recognisable monument in England . Situated north of Salisbury on an undulating plain, Stone henge is a ring of stones that stands at the centre of large area full of Neolithic burial mounds and monuments.<br />
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The earliest record of activity at Stonehenge dates from 8000 BC. Until recently it was believed that in 3100 BC the first monument on the Stonehenge site was built consisting of a round ditch inside of which were 56 holes that may have contained standing wooden posts. In 2014 excavations by the University of Buckingham using ground penetrating radar revealed that an area extending to 12 square kilometres around Stonehenge appear to have had as many as 17 monuments like the early stonehenge dating to 4,000BC.<br />
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Around 2600 BC the use of wood posts was abandoned and the use of upright stones started. Between 2600 and 2400 BC 30 enormous sarcen stones were erected at Stonehenge. For the next 1000 years the site was developed the last known phase of construction being around 1600BC.<br />
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Stonehenge has been the centre of much academic speculation but it will never be known for certain what ceremonies took place at Stonehenge. <br />
<br />
Excavations of Stonehenge by Mike Parker Parsons have produced 50,000 cremated bones and the remains of 63 individuals. It is clear then that from early times Stonehenge was the focus of burial rights. Mile Parker Parsons has concluded that &acirc;Stonehenge was a place of burial from its beginning to its zenith in the mid third millennium B.C. The cremation burial dating to Stonehenge&#039;s sarsen stones phase is likely just one of many from this later period of the monument&#039;s use and demonstrates that it was still very much a domain of the dead&acirc;.<br />
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Neolithic sites throughout the UK are suggesting that ancestor worship was important for Neolithic peoples. Stonehenge also has stones aligned with the sunrise on the mid summer solstice just as the entrance of Maes Howe in Orkney is aligned with the sunrise of the winter solstice. It is clear that both ancestor worship and the solstices were important to neolithic peoples. Research of the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney have revealed that each of the stones came from a different part of the island leading to speculation that the ring was used a a meeting place for the different tribes of the island. Taking that the people that built both Stonehenge and Brodgar would have shared common customs then perhaps Stonehenge had a more social use than is evident at the moment. <br />
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Whatever Stonehenge was built for will probably never be known but it is still an incredible monument that really is though provoking and demonstrates that our Neolithic ancestors were amazing engineers and lived in an incredibly well organised society that could come together to build great monuments.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Trethevy-Quoit-Neolithic-Portal-Tomb-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000fxlXlvMhlL0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Trethevy Quoit Neolithic Portal Tomb - Pictures Images & PhotosWed, 31 Jan 2018 07:42:59 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009V7LdV6YVbM/s/500/I00009V7LdV6YVbM.jpg500500Trethevy Quoit.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Trethevy-Quoit-Neolithic-Portal-Tomb-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000fxlXlvMhlL0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009V7LdV6YVbM/s/500/I00009V7LdV6YVbM.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; Images of Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall England. The well preserved megalithic burial tomb known as Trethevy Quoit is situated near St Cleer in Cornwall. <br />
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Known locally as the giant&acirc;s house, Trethevy Quoit is a fine example of a Neolithic portal tomb built between 3700-3500 BC. 6 upright stones are topped by a huge flat stone weighing about 10 tons. This created a chamber that would have originally been covered by an earth mound and accessed through the opening at the end of the quoit. Unlike other portal tombs in Cornwall that have fixed entrance stones the entrance stone to Trethevy Quoit is removable. Trethevy Quoit also has 2 anti-chambers which is also rare amongst Cornish quoits. Trethevy Quoit is considered to be the best conserved neolithic portal tomb in the British Isles.<br />
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<br />Pictures &amp; Images of Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall England. The well preserved megalithic burial tomb known as Trethevy Quoit is situated near St Cleer in Cornwall. <br />
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Known locally as the giant&acirc;s house, Trethevy Quoit is a fine example of a Neolithic portal tomb built between 3700-3500 BC. 6 upright stones are topped by a huge flat stone weighing about 10 tons. This created a chamber that would have originally been covered by an earth mound and accessed through the opening at the end of the quoit. Unlike other portal tombs in Cornwall that have fixed entrance stones the entrance stone to Trethevy Quoit is removable. Trethevy Quoit also has 2 anti-chambers which is also rare amongst Cornish quoits. Trethevy Quoit is considered to be the best conserved neolithic portal tomb in the British Isles.<br />
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-the-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-of-Valle-Camonica-Italy/G0000GY7gfoho_5I/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of the Prehistoric Petroglyph Rock Carvings of Valle Camonica, ItalyWed, 14 Dec 2016 16:34:32 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xet43WibP2Q/s/500/I0000xet43WibP2Q.jpg500500Valle-Camonica-Rock-Art.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-the-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-of-Valle-Camonica-Italy/G0000GY7gfoho_5I/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xet43WibP2Q/s/500/I0000xet43WibP2Q.jpg" alt="" /></a>
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Museum-Exhibits-artefacts-Antiquities/G0000_haEo_TYPM0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Museum Exhibits, artefacts & AntiquitiesMon, 21 Nov 2016 16:14:51 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mCl966gjSNk/s/500/I0000mCl966gjSNk.jpg750750Museum-Collections 2.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Museum-Exhibits-artefacts-Antiquities/G0000_haEo_TYPM0/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000mCl966gjSNk/s/500/I0000mCl966gjSNk.jpg" alt="" /></a>
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-from-Capo-di-Ponti-History-National-Museum/G0000SDBtkGCh.sw/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/
Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-from-Capo-di-Ponti-History-National-Museum/G0000SDBtkGCh.sw/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Pictures of Prehistoric Petroglyph Rock Carvings from Capo di Ponti History National MuseumMon, 05 Dec 2016 13:42:21 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000oetCA5zB0I/s/500/I00000oetCA5zB0I.jpg750750Capo-di-Ponte-Musuem.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Pictures-of-Prehistoric-Petroglyph-Rock-Carvings-from-Capo-di-Ponti-History-National-Museum/G0000SDBtkGCh.sw/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000oetCA5zB0I/s/500/I00000oetCA5zB0I.jpg" alt="Pictures of the prehistoric petroglyph rock carving artefacts at the Museo Nazionale della Preistoria della Valle Camonica ( MUPRE - The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica ), Italy. Valle Camonica has the largest density of prehistoric rock carvings in the world and the importance of these artworks was recognised when the area was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. <br />
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The rock carvings of Valle Camonica are attributed to an iron age people known as the Camunni. They decorated their grave sites and cult sites with rock carvings of figures, weapons, animals and what appear to be maps of villages. <br />
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In 1914 rock carvings were noted at the Massi di Cemmo was reported in the Italian Touring Guide to Lombardy but it was not until 2000 that the site was properly excavated and the finds from this excavation are housed at The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica. The Massi di Cemmo archaeological site revealed a sanctuary with rock carvings on rounded glacial boulders. The meanings of the rock carvings cannot be known but schematic pictures of figures, animals and weapons as well as geometric designs of sun shapes seem to suggest that the site had religious significance. <br />
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Other prehistoric rock carvings in The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica come from Malegno near Bangnolo Ceresolo. <br />
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<br />Pictures of the prehistoric petroglyph rock carving artefacts at the Museo Nazionale della Preistoria della Valle Camonica ( MUPRE - The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica ), Italy. Valle Camonica has the largest density of prehistoric rock carvings in the world and the importance of these artworks was recognised when the area was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. <br />
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The rock carvings of Valle Camonica are attributed to an iron age people known as the Camunni. They decorated their grave sites and cult sites with rock carvings of figures, weapons, animals and what appear to be maps of villages. <br />
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In 1914 rock carvings were noted at the Massi di Cemmo was reported in the Italian Touring Guide to Lombardy but it was not until 2000 that the site was properly excavated and the finds from this excavation are housed at The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica. The Massi di Cemmo archaeological site revealed a sanctuary with rock carvings on rounded glacial boulders. The meanings of the rock carvings cannot be known but schematic pictures of figures, animals and weapons as well as geometric designs of sun shapes seem to suggest that the site had religious significance. <br />
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Other prehistoric rock carvings in The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica come from Malegno near Bangnolo Ceresolo. <br />
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Download pictures of the petroglyph rock carving artefacts at the Museo Nazionale della Preistoria della Valle Camonica ( MUPRE - The National Prehistory Museum of Valle Camonica ) as stock photos or buy as photo wall art on line
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Giants-of-Monte-Prama-Statues-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000XtRAv9LGJoU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Giants of Mont'e Prama Statues - Pictures Images PhotosThu, 08 Feb 2018 11:43:24 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JMBM8rAjs7w/s/500/I0000JMBM8rAjs7w.jpg750750Monte-Prama-Caglieri.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Giants-of-Monte-Prama-Statues-Pictures-Images-Photos/G0000XtRAv9LGJoU/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JMBM8rAjs7w/s/500/I0000JMBM8rAjs7w.jpg" alt="Pictures &amp; images of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama (Monti Prama) stone statues. The Nuragic civilisation of Sardinia is one of the most enigmatic cultures of the Mediterranean. Based in Sardinia the Nuragic civilisation lasted from the 18th century BC, the bronze age to the 2nd century AD. The Nuragic civilisation is named after the nuraghe stone tower fortifications and ruins 7000 can be found all over Sardinia to this day. The Nuragic civilisation left no written history and the only information about them are from Greek and Roman writings that are not historically acurate. We are left then with the nuraghe stone towers which reached incredible heights and Nuragic art that is slowly being excavated in Sardinia.<br />
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In March 1974 a discovery was made near the village of Mont&#039;e Prama which led to the excavation of stone nuragic statues that are known today as the Giants of Mont&acirc;e Prama. Initially the excavations recovered fifteen statue heads, 2 torsos and 5178 stone fragments. The heads and torso were exhibited but it was another 30 years before the Giants of Mont&acirc;e Prama were rebuilt. Our picture and image collection contain all statues excavated and exhibited in the Cagliari and Cabras archaeological museums.<br />
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It seems that the statues which were part of a necropolis and could have been part of a temple erected to victories against the Carthaginian invaders during the sarso-punic wars. The style of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues is highly stylised and experts believe that they represent boxers, archers and warriors who are all standing upright. Decorative chevrons on some of the statues and hair braids give an idea of garments and hair style of the statues. The unique style of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama is a mystery at the moment and is probably a fusion between Eastern Mediterranean styles and Nuragic styles as can be seen in out picture gallery. <br />
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The term boxer for some of the statues is a strange name to give them. Nuragic bronze boxer statues give some idea of what the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues probably looked like originally. They stand holding a curved rigid sheath above their heads and probably took part in sacred funerael games that are typical of other part of the Mediterranean.<br />
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The Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues can be seen at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Caglieri in Sardinia, Information can be found at http://museoarcheocagliari.beniculturali.it/__boxhp_evidenza/monte-prama-lesposizione/" /></a>
<br />Pictures &amp; images of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama (Monti Prama) stone statues. The Nuragic civilisation of Sardinia is one of the most enigmatic cultures of the Mediterranean. Based in Sardinia the Nuragic civilisation lasted from the 18th century BC, the bronze age to the 2nd century AD. The Nuragic civilisation is named after the nuraghe stone tower fortifications and ruins 7000 can be found all over Sardinia to this day. The Nuragic civilisation left no written history and the only information about them are from Greek and Roman writings that are not historically acurate. We are left then with the nuraghe stone towers which reached incredible heights and Nuragic art that is slowly being excavated in Sardinia.<br />
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In March 1974 a discovery was made near the village of Mont&#039;e Prama which led to the excavation of stone nuragic statues that are known today as the Giants of Mont&acirc;e Prama. Initially the excavations recovered fifteen statue heads, 2 torsos and 5178 stone fragments. The heads and torso were exhibited but it was another 30 years before the Giants of Mont&acirc;e Prama were rebuilt. Our picture and image collection contain all statues excavated and exhibited in the Cagliari and Cabras archaeological museums.<br />
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It seems that the statues which were part of a necropolis and could have been part of a temple erected to victories against the Carthaginian invaders during the sarso-punic wars. The style of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues is highly stylised and experts believe that they represent boxers, archers and warriors who are all standing upright. Decorative chevrons on some of the statues and hair braids give an idea of garments and hair style of the statues. The unique style of the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama is a mystery at the moment and is probably a fusion between Eastern Mediterranean styles and Nuragic styles as can be seen in out picture gallery. <br />
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The term boxer for some of the statues is a strange name to give them. Nuragic bronze boxer statues give some idea of what the Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues probably looked like originally. They stand holding a curved rigid sheath above their heads and probably took part in sacred funerael games that are typical of other part of the Mediterranean.<br />
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The Giants of Mont&#039;e Prama statues can be seen at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Caglieri in Sardinia, Information can be found at http://museoarcheocagliari.beniculturali.it/__boxhp_evidenza/monte-prama-lesposizione/
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Paul Williamshttps://funkystock.photoshelter.comhttps://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Menhir-Museum-Prehistoric-Stones-Laconi-Pictures-Images/G0000fiIFxNSEq1c/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/Menhir Museum Prehistoric Stones - Laconi - Pictures & ImagesThu, 08 Feb 2018 11:50:43 -0500https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OvdwMkzQKx8/s/500/I0000OvdwMkzQKx8.jpg750750Menhir-Stones-Laconi-Sardinia.jpg<a href="https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Menhir-Museum-Prehistoric-Stones-Laconi-Pictures-Images/G0000fiIFxNSEq1c/C0000tfxw63zrUT4/"><img src="https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OvdwMkzQKx8/s/500/I0000OvdwMkzQKx8.jpg" alt="" /></a>
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